including some top secret material. the documents first appeared 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 attack. 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 into the finding out phase. we are told this is a serious risk to us national security and a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to find out how t
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
including some top secret material. the documents first appeared 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 poten
high level talks to try to reassure allies because a number of these documents mentioned us allies such as israel and south korea, including some very sensitive information but most of the documents referred to the status of the war in ukraine. the department of justice has opened up a criminal investigation. the americans do not know who is behind this or at least they are not saying. they also do not knoew the scope of it. they also do not know the scope of it. a spokesman for the national security council was asked whether the threat had been contained and he said, well, we just do not know. these are not detailed ukraine battle plans, this is more like a us snapshot of the ukraine war but it could give the russians useful information. it could also put at risk some of the us intelligence sources and it is a diplomatic embarrassment. officials say these documents are for the most part real. but earlier, the white house s john kirby also said this. it does appear that at least in s
government agencies are working together to find out how this happen and what the potential impact of this is. the secretary of defence is meeting every day with senior leaders and us officials are holding high level talks to reassure allies because the number of these documents mention allies such as israel and south korea including some sensitive information but most of the documents referred to the status of the war in ukraine. the department ofjustice is opened up a criminal investigation. the americans do not know who is behind this or at least they are not saying. they do not know the scope of it. they were asked whether the threat had been contained and they said we just do not know. these are not detailed ukraine battle plans, this is more of a us snapshot of the ukraine war but it could give the russians useful information and also put at risk some of the us intelligence sources and it is a diplomatic embarrassment. officials say these documents are for the most part real.