Leak of classified US documents increases Russia's fear of Ukrainian counteroffensive – ISW

This is stated in the ISW report.

This indicates fear of the prospect of future counteroffensives by Ukraine in the Russian information space. Bellingcat analyst Aric Toler noted that the documents circulated online as early as March 4, and it remains unclear why these documents reached mainstream Western media over a month later.

Russian Telegram channels additionally circulate obviously falsified versions of the documents that underestimate Russia's claimed losses and overstate the number of Ukrainian casualties.

Regardless of the veracity of the leaked documents, the response of Russian mildbloggers to the New York Times article highlights the fear of a Ukrainian counteroffensive that has penetrated the Russian information space.

Many media outlets in Russia rejected the validity of the documents and stressed that the published photos were disinformation intended to confuse and mislead the Russian military command.

• On April 6, the medif reported on the leak of classified documents detailing US and NATO plans to build up the Ukrainian army ahead of a planned counteroffensive.