Overview

• Derek Huffman enlisted expecting non-combat work as a welder or war correspondent but has been sent to front-line duties despite no military experience.
• His last communication was a one-minute Father’s Day video in June and the family reports no new images or updates on his status.
• A Telegram group titled “Save the little girls” briefly appeared linked to their channel with a request for U.S. intervention before the link was removed.
• Putin’s “shared values” visa waives language tests and quotas for foreigners opposing Western liberal norms and offers fast-track citizenship in exchange for military service.
• The Huffmans settled in an “American village” in Istra, one of only two U.S. families in the expat enclave founded by blogger Tim Kirby to promote traditional values.