US ‘classified documents’ leak Origin: A major leak of classified US documents that has rocked Washington and exposed new details of its intelligence gathering may have started in a chat room on the popular social media platform teeming with gamers. In addition, according to an analysis seen by a US news agency, it claimed the documents detailed “wild card” scenarios for what could lead to a Russia-Ukraine war.
Held on the Discord forum, which hosts real-time voice, video and text chats, a discussion originally created to talk about a range of topics leading up to the war in Ukraine.
As part of the debate about Ukraine, according to a member of the chat, an anonymous poster shared documents that were allegedly classified, first typing them in with the poster’s own views, then, a few months ago, Started posting images of papers with folds in them.
The posts appear to have gone unnoticed outside the chat until a few weeks ago, when they began to circulate more widely on social media and were picked up by major news outlets. The leak has alarmed US officials and triggered a Justice Department investigation.
“If Zelensky, Putin had to die”
In a surprising detail accessed by The Associated Press, it was reported that the documents included an analysis of what could happen in a Russia-Ukraine war in some “wild card” scenarios, in which either Russian President Vladimir Putin or Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would resign. There may be death. ,
The analysis is marked as secret, a lower level of classification than top-secret.
If Putin fires his top military advisers and escalates the war, the document speculates he could authorize the use of tactical nuclear weapons if “oligarchs question Putin’s decision-making and Russian military manning and are unable to address the equipment shortage.”
The document states that Zelensky’s death could, in a worst-case scenario, prompt Europe to restrict arms shipments. But a “high-profile Ukrainian leader” could also retain domestic and foreign support, it says.
America started high level investigation
The United States Department of Justice has launched a high-level investigation into the leak of alleged “classified documents” that it claimed contained vital information related to NATO and the Russia-Ukraine war.
According to the statement issued by the Defense Ministry, the documents were tampered with and its purpose was to spread misinformation. The documents, which were posted on sites such as Twitter, are labeled secret and are similar to regular updates that the US military’s Joint Staff would produce daily but not distribute publicly.
They are dated February 23 to March 1, and provide details on the progress of weapons and equipment moving to Ukraine, with more precise timelines and quantities than the US typically provides publicly.
(with inputs from AP)