Over 100 documents were posted on social media.
A new batch of secret Pentagon documents on Ukraine, China and the Middle East has leaked online. This was reported by The New York Times (NYT). According to the publication, the documents relate to US national security secrets. They describe the situation in Ukraine, the Middle East and China.
Secret documents were leaked on various social networks, including Twitter. Some newspapers indicate that their content should not reach representatives of any other country.
US officials estimate the scope of the leak at more than 100 documents. Their publication can cause enormous damage to the national security of the United States.
A senior intelligence official called the leak a “Five Eyes nightmare”, referring to the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the so-called Five Eyes countries which make extensive use of intelligence.
One of the leaked documents is a map with the deployment of armed forces around Bakhmut. At the same time, the publication notes that some of the documents go far beyond Ukraine’s military plans. Other classified documents relate to briefings on China, the Indo-Pacific theater of war, the Middle East and terrorism.
Documents on the Armed Forces of Ukraine are presented in the form of photographs of schedules for the planned supply of weapons, the number of troops and battalions and other plans.
At the Pentagon itself, the leaked documents caused quite a stir. US Department of Defense officials are currently investigating and tracing the source of the leaked classified data, the NYT adds.
“Because many of them were photographs of documents, it appears to have been a deliberate leak by someone who wanted to harm the efforts of Ukraine, the United States and NATO,” said former senior Pentagon official Mick Mulroy.
This is the second leak of secret Pentagon documents on Ukraine. On the eve, the New York Times reported that US authorities had launched an investigation into the leak of confidential documents on US and NATO plans to support the Ukrainian army ahead of the forces’ next counteroffensive. Ukrainian armies in the Donbass. .
A new batch of secret Pentagon documents on Ukraine and China leaked online
