Some of the documents, which US officials say are authentic, expose the extent of US eavesdropping on key allies, including South Korea, Israel and Ukraine.
Others reveal the degree to which the US has penetrated the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group, largely through intercepted communications and human sources, which could now be cut off or put in danger.
Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Friday that the department is continuing to review the matter and had made a referral to the Justice Department, which separately confirmed to CNN that it has launched an investigation into the source of the leak.The documents appeared online last month on the social media platform Discord, according to screenshots of the posts reviewed by CNN.
"We are poring over these documents to figure out if any of the intelligence originated from our collection," the official said. One document reveals that the US has been spying on Zelensky. That is unsurprising, said the source close to Zelensky, but Ukrainian officials are deeply frustrated about the leak.
Relatedly, another intelligence report says that China could use Ukrainian strikes on targets deep inside Russia "as an opportunity to cast NATO as the aggressor, and may increase its aid to Russia if it deems the attacks were significant." The document has already sparked controversy in Seoul, with South Korean officials telling reporters that they plan to raise the issue with Washington, according to The New York Times.
"The Mossad and its senior officials did not -- and do not -- encourage agency personnel to join the demonstrations against the government, political demonstrations or any political activity," the statement said. "The Mossad and its serving senior personnel have not engaged in the issue of the demonstrations at all and are dedicated to the value of service to the state that has guided the Mossad since its founding.
On February 23, the report says, Bulgaria expressed willingness to donate its fleet of MiG-29 jets to Ukraine -- a "challenge," the report assesses, because it will leave Bulgaria without fighter aircraft to fulfill its air policing missions until US-made F-16s are delivered, "which is at least a year away."The massive leak also reveals that US penetration of Russia's Defense Ministry and the mercenary organization Wagner Group goes deeper than previously understood.
The US was also able to intercept the Russian strategy for combating NATO tanks due to enter Ukraine beginning in April. The plan "called for establishing three fire zones based on range -- long, medium, and short -- with each zone covered by specific weaponry and unit types," the US intelligence report says.
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