Classified US and NATO documents detailing preparations for Ukrainian offensive leaked on social media – NYT

Classified war documents detailing secret American and NATO plans for building up the Ukrainian military ahead of a planned offensive against russia were posted this week on social media channels, The New York Times reports.

The Pentagon is investigating who may have been behind the leak of the documents, which appeared on Twitter and on Telegram.

Military analysts said the documents appear to have been modified in certain parts from their original format, overstating American estimates of Ukrainian war dead and understating estimates of russian troops killed. The modifications could point to an effort of disinformation by moscow, the analysts said.

Biden officials were working to get them deleted but had not, as of Thursday evening, succeeded.

"We are aware of the reports of social media posts and the department is reviewing the matter", - said Sabrina Singh, the deputy press secretary at the Pentagon.

The documents do not provide specific battle plans, like how, when, and where Ukraine intends to launch its offensive, which American officials say is likely coming in the next month or so. However, they include information of what Ukrainian troops might need for the campaign.

"To the trained eye of a Russian war planner, field general or intelligence analyst, however, the documents no doubt offer many tantalizing clues and insights. The documents mention, for instance, the expenditure rate of HIMARS — American-supplied high mobility artillery rocket systems, which can launch attacks against targets like ammunition dumps, infrastructure and concentrations of troops, from a distance. The Pentagon has not said publicly how fast Ukrainian troops are using the HIMARS munitions, but the documents do", – The New York Times reports.

As previously reported, the Turkish Foreign Ministry is "concerned about the future counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" and is in favor of a ceasefire.