Ukraine is waiting for information from the Pentagon regarding the "leaking of secret documents about the counteroffensive", but the preliminary conclusion is that these materials contain distorted data.
A representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate (MDI) of the Ministry of Defense Andriy Yusov stated this on the telethon on April 7.
"Since there is information that the Pentagon is conducting an investigation, we should hear from him information about this investigation. It is important to remember that in recent decades, the most successful operations of the Russian special services have taken place in Photoshop. From the preliminary analysis of these materials, we see false and distorted figures on losses from both sides and some information collected from an OSINT source. If we talk about the needs of the Ukrainian army, it is not a secret for anyone that Ukraine also asks questions about aviation, tanks, and ammunition, which are really needed for the faster liberation of Ukrainian territories. Everything else — we will wait for official comments," noted Andriy Yusov.
He emphasized that there will be a counteroffensive, the main plans of the enemy will be seen and felt on the battlefield.
Also on April 7, President Zelensky held a meeting of the Staff, where the meeting participants focused on measures to prevent the leakage of information regarding the plans of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
- On April 6, it became known that senior officials of the Biden administration informed the journalists of the American newspaper The New York Times that this week in social networks (Twitter and Telegram) they published classified military documents concerning the counteroffensive of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the war against Russia. According to military analysts, the published documents seem to differ from the initial version — they overestimated the American estimates of the losses of the Ukrainian army and underestimated the probable number of Russians killed. This may indicate an attempt at disinformation by Moscow. But the photos of schedules of expected arms deliveries, the number of troops and battalions, and other plans look authentic. The adviser to the head of the Presidentʼs Office Mykhailo Podolyak considers the published documents to be "photoshopped".
- On March 29, the Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov informed that the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army will begin in the coming months, and Western equipment will participate in it. The Pentagon believes that the Defense Forces of Ukraine have a very good chance of a successful counteroffensive this spring — Ukraine has greatly exhausted the Russian forces, and Western weapons will help the Ukrainian army to launch a counteroffensive.