[News] In Ukraine, the US would be spying even on allies, according to a leak

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Classified Pentagon documents leaked on social media show how deeply the United States has penetrated Russian intelligence services and its ability to warn Ukraine about Moscow's plans and the strength of its war machine, The New York Times reveals Saturday.

The documents, from the end of February and the beginning of March, but found on social networks in recent days, talk about a Russian army exhausted in the war they waged a year ago against Ukraine and a military apparatus that is deeply compromised.

But those documents also show that the United States appears to be spying on Ukraine's top military and politicians, in order to get a clear view of that country's fighting strategies.

This week the New York Times reported the leak of classified documents on social media — being investigated by the FBI — detailing US and NATO plans to bolster Ukraine's offensive in the war against Russia.

The documents contained tables of future arms deliveries, data on troop and battalion strengths, as well as military plans.

The Pentagon said then that it is "analyzing" the publication of these documents on Twitter and Telegram, which was joined on Friday by the messaging website 4chan, with information on Ukraine, the Middle East and China.

The documents reviewed by the Times lay bare the US assessment of the Ukrainian army, which is also in dire straits, the note also stated.

According to the newspaper, US officials have stressed that while the documents offer clues about US methods for gathering information about the Russian plans, they do not yet know if any of their sources of information will be cut off as a result of the leak.

It also claims that the release of the documents complicated relations with allied countries and raised questions about the ability of the United States to keep its secrets.

The leak could also affect diplomatic relations in other ways because these documents make it clear that the United States is not only spying on Russia, but also on its allies, the newspaper added.

A senior US official told the newspaper that the Pentagon had instituted procedures in recent days to "block" the distribution of highly classified briefing documents.

 

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