on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the potential impact is. the secretary of defence is meeting every day wit
taiwan. tell us what is haueninu. ,, ., , happening. well, essentially the military happening. well, essentially the military exercises - happening. well, essentially the military exercises have l the military exercises have ended but as you said this basically indicates that the chinese presence in the waters hasn t. china announced that the military drills, what they called operation joy and the military drills, what they called operationjoy and sort, have ended successfully three days from saturday until monday and in that china s military practice precision strikes on taiwanese targets, essentially practised sealing off the island by naval and aerial blockade and there was also that dramatic video that the chinese army released of an animated film showing attacks on taiwan bjerre, sea and land, and these explosions on two targets. we also understand that the shandong, the chinese aircraft carrier, took part in those exercises. the japanese defence ministry actually, japan of cour
particularly young military families it can be hard to afford to get home. exactly right. i think there s nothing more than this time of the year where it s all about family, t about togetherredness to get the young families. we really look at pay grades 4 and below to qualify to get back to see their friends and families back home. and all this is done through the basis that and posts where we have a branch. the people are selected by the leadership on the base not by us but the folks that they work with, so we make sure that the right folks, the right families have a chance to do this. griff: such a great program. you also have operation joy, tell us what that does? we look, it s like a shopping spree. we set up a nice little place for them to go through and pick up to 3 gifts for each one of their kids, a gift for each other and then we give them a gift card or cash card to go shop on the commissary on the base to have full christmas dinner. griff: admiral, you served our
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