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9 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
U.S. officials tasked with analyzing classified Ukraine war documents that have surfaced online believe they are likely real and the result of a leak, but that some of the documents may have been doctored before they were released, they said Saturday. a senior US official told NBC.
According to this official, this is the “working theory” of the Government, but there is still research and review work to be done.
As previously reported by ‘The New York Times’, some information in the documents has been modified before being published, such as the United States estimates on the number of Ukrainians killed during the conflict, as well as Russian casualties, which according to analysts The military consulted by the newspaper could show an attempt by Moscow to spread disinformation to boost Russian morale at the front.
The newspaper has also detailed that the photographed documents, which would be at least six, are from five weeks ago, so the information would be outdated and, although they do not reveal the strategy for a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive, they do mention that Kiev is gathering brigades combat for this purpose.
