U.S. officials think classified U.S. documents about Ukraine's war effort that appeared on-line are likely real and the result of a leak, but that some of the documents may have been altered before they were posted, according to a senior U.S. official.
troop casualties in the war. The varying versions and the fact that the numbers are far below casualty estimates by independent military analysts and the Pentagon have fed speculation that the documents have been altered.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley, said in November that as of then roughly 100,000 Russian troops had been killed or wounded in the war, and that Ukraine likely had suffered a similar level of casualties.
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