Podolyak names 3 reasons for "leaks" on Ukrainian counteroffensive 

He made the statement on Twitter.

According to Podolyak, there are several reasons why secret data on the Ukrainian Armed Forces counteroffensive was leaked:

• diversion of attention;

• spreading doubts and mutual suspicions;

• sowing discord.

"It's an ordinary game of  Russian secret services. To take open briefings, add fake info or certain parts of interceptions and publish them on social networks legalizing the ‘leak’," he wrote.

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

• Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Ukraine's President Zelenskyy's office, says that Russian troops will be the first to know when Ukraine launches a counteroffensive, and it will be very soon.

• On April 8, Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate reported that the so-called classified military documents on the plans for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive were in fact a forgery and a special operation by Russian special services. Russia could have forged the documents to disrupt Western aid to Ukraine.