Ukrainian officials are outraged by the US assessment of Kiev’s ability to launch a successful counterattack, which came to light following the leak of Pentagon documents. The post writes about it Policy.
Senior Ukrainian officials were particularly outraged by the “top secret” assessment in February that Ukraine would derive only “modest regional benefits” from the planned operation.
Sources at Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense say such assessments “raise grounds for doubt” about how seriously the United States takes Kiev’s goals. “There are some people who continue to doubt Ukraine’s military chances in the counterattack, but we proved everyone wrong,” the source said. Estimates of Ukraine’s chances “do not match reality,” he said.
In Kiev, they believe leaked classified documents show that the United States has once again underestimated Kiev’s military capabilities. “The same people who said that Kiev would fall in three days are now leaking harmful and equally absurd information in anticipation of a critical attack on the entire free world,” the newspaper source said. According to Politico, this view is widely held within the Ukrainian government.
“The comments make it clear that the US and Ukraine are not as synchronized as both countries claim. It could also herald the waning of trust between Washington and Kiev before the decisive few months of hostilities.
Before The Washington Post reported It was reported that the counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), which was planned to be launched in the spring, was postponed due to weather conditions, slow supply of weapons from abroad and insufficient ammunition. The publication also notes that the situation for Ukraine has become more complicated due to the leaking of confidential Pentagon documents to the Internet.
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) declarationThe leak of material allegedly kept secret by the Pentagon will not affect Kiev’s military strategy for counterattack.
Confidential US intelligence documents surfaced in the media and social networks last week. In total, more than 100 dossiers have been released on U.S. national security and surveillance of Washington’s allies and enemies in Ukraine, China, and the Middle East.