Investigation opened into leak of Pentagon documents

Several federal agencies are investigating the leak of apparently classified documents to social media on Friday, the Department of Defense said Sunday. The documents appeared to contain sensitive information on the Ukraine war, China, and international allies such as Israel and South Korea. The Defense Department is assessing whether the documents are legitimate, said Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. 

What information did the documents have on Ukraine? Some of the documents seemed to cover the United States and NATO’s support to Ukraine—detailing the progress of weapons and equipment supplies to Ukrainian troops. The documents also showed estimates of casualties of Russian and Ukrainian troops, but the materials contained distorted figures on both sides, according to a Ukrainian TV interview with Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate. Russia has used Photoshop to great effect in the past, he said.

Dig deeper: Read Leo Briceno’s report in The Stew about a recent congressional analysis of the arsenal that U.S. officials have delivered to Ukraine.