The US Department of Defense caused a great controversy due to some confidential documents shared on social media. Unidentified people leaked documents on platforms such as Twitter and Telegram, containing NATO and US plans for the Russia-Ukraine war.
The documents containing the plans for the attack against Russia for the Ukrainian army were dated as little as 5 weeks ago. The most recent of the documents was dated March 1. While the Pentagon announced that the leak was being investigated, it was shared that it requested from Twitter to remove the posts that included the documents.
The Pentagon requested that posts containing secret war plans be removed from Twitter:
According to the details quoted by The New York Times, Biden government officials took action to remove the documents from social media platforms. With these demands on the agenda, a statement came from Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter.
“Exactly, you can definitely delete something from the internet(!)”
Elon Musk used sarcastic language against the Pentagon’s demands, “Exactly, you can delete absolutely anything from the internet. It’s okay and it doesn’t draw any attention to what you’re trying to hide.” used the phrases.
So what was in those documents? The Pentagon may have lied:
The New York Times claimed that the documents do not contain information such as when Ukraine will start a counter-attack and where it will attack. But the documents also contained a detail that the Pentagon had previously denied.
The Pentagon announced that the US-made rocket launcher system HIMARS is not used by Ukraine. However, the documents contained details about the costs of HIMARS. The Pentagon has not yet made a statement on the subject.
On the other hand, there is a claim that the documents may have been arranged by the Russians:
Another claim cited by The New York Times comes from military analysts. Some analysts state that the documents may have been edited. The reason for this is that Ukrainian casualties are shown much higher, while the number of Russian casualties is presented much less.
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