Leaked classified documents about the U.S. effort to assist Ukraine’s military were posted on the internet much sooner than this week, according to an ABC News review of internet posts.
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The handful of documents posted on social media platforms on Thursday included precise details about the Ukrainian battlefield, U.S. weapons use by Ukraine, and the training of Ukrainian troops as of March 1. The documents posted do not appear to include any military planning for the long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive that is expected for later this spring.
In this Sept. 1, 2021, file photo, the Pentagon seal is shown in the Pentagon Briefing Room in Arlington, Va.MORE: Russia-Ukraine live updates: US announces $2.6B in new security aid for Ukraine The Bakhmut map was one of dozens that an ABC News internet review determined were posted on the internet in early March, shortly after they were drafted.
Each of the documents posted on social media platforms appears to be photographs of folded printouts of individual PowerPoint slides produced by the U.S. military that contain details of the battlefield situation in Ukraine on March 1. A Ukrainian serviceman fires a rocket-propelleged grenade during a training exercise in Donetsk region on April 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine."As many of these were pictures of documents, it appears that it was a deliberate leak done by someone that wished to damage the Ukraine, U.S., and NATO efforts," said Mick Mulroy, an ABC News contributor and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.
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