Top secret documents leaked online containing classified information on Ukraine’s counter-offensive plans could have been an inside job, senior officials have claimed.
They set out concerns on how Kyiv‘s armed forces are running short on some weapons, the location of Ukrainian air defenses, and the extent to which the Biden administration spies on friends and foes alike.
The documents, which have been circulated for weeks on social media, also touch on Israel’s Mossad spy agency, China, the Middle East and Africa
The leak covers such a wide range of topics, prompting experts to suggest that the main source could be an American.
‘The focus now is on this being a US leak, as many of the documents were only in US hands,’ Michael Mulroy, an ex-senior Pentagon official, told the Reuters news agency.
Kyiv-based security analyst James Rushton said that ‘the Russians are clearly the main beneficiaries’ from the leak.
‘It’s a major embarrassment to the US, and it comes at a critical…