The US Department of Justice has opened an investigation to try to identify the source of leaks of classified documents linked in particular to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, published this week on social media, it was announced Saturday, April 8.
“We have contacted the Ministry of Defense about this matter and have opened an investigation.”A ministry spokesman told AFP.
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Dozens of classified documents have been released on Twitter, Telegram, Discord and other social networks in recent days, and new documents are still emerging. Also on Friday, the US Department of Defense said it was investigating the matter.
According to the first findings, these leaks concern not only reports and documents related to the conflict in Ukraine, but also highly sensitive analyzes regarding US allies.
“Warn Ukraine of the attacks”
According to the “Washington Post”, citing US officials, some of these documents appear to be forged. But most of them are original and consistent with CIA reports circulating in the White House, the Pentagon, or the State Department, says the same source.
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These leaks may be invaluable to Moscow, as these documents show the extent to which US intelligence services have penetrated certain parts of the Russian military apparatus, according to US media analysis. “The US intelligence community has so deeply penetrated the Russian military and its commanders that it can give Ukraine advanced warning of attacks and a reliable assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the Russian forces.”writes The Washington Post.
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Also information about US allies
Especially since some of them contain information related to the internal discussions of governments allied with the United States.
For example, a document shed light on government discussions in South Korea about the possibility of supplying Ukraine with American artillery shells, according to the New York Times.
