Pentagon officials are reportedly racing to identify the source of a leak of military information that could disrupt Ukraine’s planned spring attack on Russian forces.
A number of slides were published on Discord and Telegram, some dating back to January, economist.
The Pentagon is reportedly leading an intergovernmental panel to assess what damage occurred, and the Justice Department has launched an investigation into what caused the leaks. , trying to reassure its allied counterparts.
These documents contain detailed information that could be of significant strategic use to the Russian military, including the exact amount of armor and artillery each Ukrainian brigade possesses, the state of air defenses, and the location of missile batteries. It is said that
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The slides themselves, which have been reviewed and validated by defense experts, are photographs of paper documents.
Some reportedly appear to have been put together in briefing packets by the Intelligence Service of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J2), while others contain marks explaining how the information was obtained. These include “SI-G”. This indicates information gleaned from signal intelligence such as eavesdropping.
Some documents were altered before being uploaded to Telegram, reportedly inflating Ukrainian victims and underestimating Russian victims, but most were reportedly unmanipulated.
The leaked information also reveals the dire state of the Russian military, but the leak could sow the seeds of discord between the United States and its allies at the crucial moment of the war in Ukraine. For example, details have been reported that a number of special forces operatives from allies such as France and the UK are now training the Ukrainian army.
The leak recalls files released by notorious US whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who now lives in Russia. However, while his files were passed on to his media outlets for parsing and reporting, the latest leaks were first picked up by his media outlets Social.
