2023-05-03 00:11:13
The documents detailed Washington’s views on the ongoing war and highlighted in particular the worrying state of Ukraine’s air defenses at the end of February.
By Le Figaro with AFP
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a interview published Tuesday, May 2 by the Washington Posthaving learned in the press, and not from Washington, of the existence ofa leak of confidential American documents concerning his country’s war once morest Russia. “I did not receive any information from the White House or the Pentagon beforehand”he says to the American daily. “We did not have this information, I did not have it”deplores the Ukrainian president.
This episode is not good for the reputation of the White House, and I think it is not good for the reputation of the United States. »
Volodymyr Zelensky
Asked on CNN, Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said Tuesday night “not being able to tell if this is true or not”, while reiterating the support of the United States to Ukraine in the conflict. Classified US documents, released to the press in early April as a result of online leaks, detail Washington’s views on the war in Ukraine, including the worrying state of Ukraine’s air defenses as of late February. The young American soldier arrested for having disseminated this information was charged on April 14.
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“For us, anything that informs our enemy in advance is, in one way or another, a disadvantage”also launches Volodymyr Zelensky at the Washington Post. This episode “is not good for the reputation of the White House, and I think it is not good for the reputation of the United States”he still says on a daily basis, comparing the leaks to “a TV series”.
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