Secret Pentagon and US intelligence documents posted online dealt a severe blow to the military effort in Ukraine, reports The Hill. training of troops and shortcomings of the Ukrainian army.
The newspaper pointed out that the secret documents also reflect the information that the US authorities receive about the situation in Ukraine.
And the American media previously reported that the US Department of Defense and the US Department of Justice launched an investigation in connection with the leak of secret documents related to the plans of Washington and NATO to train the Ukrainian Armed Forces in order to launch a counterattack. , and published these materials, disclosing information about the schedules for the supply of weapons and the number of forces, on Twitter and Instagram.
And on April 7, the New York Times reported that a new portion of secret US documents on Ukrainian topics appeared on the Internet.
The recent leak of classified US documents was nothing new, but the latest incident seems to carry more risk than previous leaks.
According to a New York Times report, the danger of the recently leaked documents, which number about 100, lies in their military, not diplomatic, nature, and in the fact that they mainly talk about the ongoing war, namely the Russian-Ukrainian war. which started in February 2022.
The latest documents are “less complete” than those leaked in years past but, according to the paper, “came at the right time” and highlight the role of US intelligence in the war in Ukraine.
The leaks have revealed some of the most sensitive material, such as air defense maps of Ukraine, as well as South Korea’s secret plans to supply 330,000 wartime missiles in documents that appear to be no more than 40 days old.
According to the newspaper, the documents leave no doubt about the extent of the United States’ involvement in managing the war on a daily basis, providing accurate intelligence and logistics that help explain Ukraine’s steadfastness so far.
