(Washington / Kiev Composite Electric) A group of a group of believers believed to be the US military confidential documents on the social media platform, which involved U.S. Guoan secrets in Ukraine, the Middle East and China.The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Defense have investigated this extremely unusual leakage.US officials said that this is likely to be made by Russia or pro -Russian elements.
According to the New York Times, social media websites such as Twitter and Telegram first circulated a number of documents marked "confidential" or "highly secret". By Friday (April 7), more such documents appeared again, of whichSome also indicate that they cannot be shared with foreign countries.
It is reported that the leaked confidential information far exceeds the scope of US military aid in Ukraine.Earlier confidential documents circulated about how the United States and NATO plans to assist the Ukraine to prepare for the counterattack against the Russian army.Analysts who have reviewed the second batch of disclosure confidential documents said that they were leaked include sensitive information such as China, Indo -Pacific Military Region, the Middle East, and terrorism.
More than 100 information on the leakage document reaches the information of more than 100 intelligence officials: the five -eye alliance nightmare
U.S. officials said that more than 100 confidential documents leaked, due to sensitive content, may cause extremely serious consequences.A senior intelligence official also described that the incident was "a nightmare for the Five Eyes".The Five -Eye Alliance consists of the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and aims to share information extensively.
Malroei, a senior official in front of the Pentagon, said that the leakage of confidential documents reflects the "serious security loopholes" within the US military, which may hinder the military plan in Ukraine."Because most of the leakage is a file picture, it seems that someone deliberately leaks, and to destroy the efforts of Ukraine, the United States and NATO."
Several officials of the US National Security Agency admitted privately that they are now anxious to find the source of leaks.One of them warned that confidential information may continue to flow on the Internet, so the culprit must be made as soon as possible.
An official said that Ukrainian officials are unlikely to leak these documents because they cannot obtain these specific plans from the Office of the United Staff of the US Department of Defense.Another official said that to determine how the document is leaked, first of all, it is necessary to determine who can come into contact with them.
Three U.S. officials said in an interview with Reuters on Friday that I believe it is Russia or pro -Russian elements who believe that the secret documents leak confidential documents.They also said that some of the content seemed to be changed to reduce the estimation of damage to the Russian army.
For example, one of the documents stated that since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24 last year, 16,000 to 17,500 Russian soldiers were killed.The United States believes that the actual number is much larger, and it is estimated that the number of casualties is up to 200,000.Ukraine did not disclose the casualties of its army.
The Kremlin and the Russian embassy in Washington did not respond to the relevant media inquiries.
Ukrainian President Zeleiski summoned senior security officials on Friday to discuss how to prevent military information from leakage.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian military intelligence department said that preliminary analysis showed that these file information circulated by social media may be completely fictional."We will wait (from the US Department of Defense) official comments, but I think there are no reasons for the Ukrainian people."
Ukrainian presidential adviser Podoliak also said that these social media stickers look like Russia is engaged in fake intelligence war in order to interfere with the spring offensive that Ukraine is preparing to launch."This is just the usual means of Russian intelligence operation, that's all."
