Washington is trying to reassure its allies, including Kiev, about the leak of secret documents
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to comment on the authenticity or contents of classified US intelligence documents leaked in recent days, but said he spoke to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to brief him “continuous support” The United States.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also said he spoke to his counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov and reiterated that Washington was leaking classified documents “very seriously”.
“I was first notified of the unauthorized release of these classified and sensitive documents on the morning of April 6.”said Mr. Austin. “Every day since then I have invited Ministry officials to review our response and ordered an investigation.” internally, he said, recalling that the Ministry of Justice, for its part, had launched a criminal investigation.
“We take this very seriously and continue to work closely with our allies and partners”he repeated, specifying that the documents in question were dated February 28th and March 1st.
According to press reports and documents, the origin of which is still unknown and the authenticity of which has not been verified, American intelligence has expressed doubts about a possible Ukrainian counter-offensive, which could only be enough “modest territorial gains” against Russian troops.
Another document, classified ” Secret “ and consulted by AFP, describes the worrying state of Ukraine’s air defenses, which have so far played a crucial role against Russian attacks and prevent Moscow from gaining control of the airspace.
Another leaked document claims that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi ordered the delivery of 40,000 missiles to Russia and warned officials to keep such a project secret “To avoid problems with the West”reported the Washington Post in a separate article. But the spokesman for the National Security Council, a body directly linked to President Joe Biden, denied the information and said he had none ‘No Evidence That Egypt Is Supplying Deadly Weapons To Russia’.
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