Classified documents first posted on the web in early March raising new security concerns also included information about Iran, North Korea, and China.
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The handful of documents posted on social media platforms on Thursday included precise details about the Ukrainian battlefield, U.S. weapons use by Ukraine, and the training of Ukrainian troops as of March 1. The documents posted do not appear to include any military planning for the long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive that is expected for later this spring.
"We are aware of the reports of social media posts, and the Department is reviewing the matter," Singh said in a statement provided to ABC News on Thursday. Those documents also included what appear to be U.S. intelligence documents about Iran's nuclear program, North Korea's missile program, China, and other regions of the world.A U.S. official discounted the intelligence value of the documents posted on the web telling ABC News that "the assessment is that the documents are of limited intelligence value and appear to have been altered from the original documents.
Some of them also contain information about the readiness rates of Ukrainian units, particularly of nine Ukrainian military brigades being supplied by the United States and NATO allies.
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