Biden expressed concern about the leak of Pentagon documents, but not their content

US President Joe Biden expressed concern about the leak of secret Pentagon documents, but, in his opinion, they do not contain anything “topical”. He told journalists about this during his visit to Ireland.

“I’m concerned that this happened. But nothing topical, from what I know, ”- leads his words to RIA Novosti.

Biden also recalled the ongoing investigation into the leak, which, according to him, is approaching its goal.

The fact that the US Department of Justice opened a criminal case on the fact of leakage of secret Pentagon documents became known on April 12. April 6 The New York Times reportedthat the Pentagon is investigating the leak of secret US and NATO papers detailing the state of Ukrainian forces and plans to build them up ahead of a counteroffensive. The documents talk about the schedules for the supply of weapons, the number of troops, the expenditure of ammunition, but specific information about the time and place of the start of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is not given.

April 7 on Twitter were published 100 US confidential documents including Ukraine, the Middle East and China. The anonymous 4chan forum, according to the NYT, also featured a map of the battles for Artyomovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) and confidential slides of briefings on China, the Indo-Pacific region and the Middle East. Former senior Pentagon official Mick Mulroy said the leak was a “significant security breach.”

At the same time, CNN, which studied the documents, reported that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was being monitored by US intelligence agencies. An interlocutor of the American TV channel, surrounded by Zelensky, called this “not surprising”, noting Kyiv’s “deep disappointment” in connection with the leak. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov suggested that the leak of Pentagon documents could be a deliberate stuffing for the purpose of disinformation.