Secret documents about US and NATO plans to support the Ukrainian military ahead of a planned offensive against Russia have surfaced online. The newspaper “New York Times” reported on Thursday (local time), citing US government employees. The US Department of Defense is therefore investigating who is behind the publication. The documents were distributed via the social media platforms Twitter and Telegram, it said.
However, according to analysts, the contents of the documents appear to have been altered in a way that could indicate a disinformation campaign from Russia, the report said. Attempts by the US government to have the documents deleted have so far been unsuccessful, the newspaper wrote.
The documents are five weeks old and contain no concrete battle plans, it said. However, military insiders could still glean valuable information from it, such as schedules for arms deliveries. The published documents are the first known breakthrough of Russian espionage since the beginning of the war.