The US will continue to support Ukraine - State Department comments on leak of secret Pentagon documents

This was stated at a briefing on Tuesday by Deputy Spokesperson for the State Department Vedant Patel, according to European Pravda.

The representative of the US Department of Foreign Affairs noted that he would not speak for Ukraine about decisions made on the battlefield, the position of Ukrainian forces and planning for future actions.

“What I would say broadly, and you’ve – this is nothing new – is that we’re going to continue to support Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s brutal aggression for as long as it takes, and that continues to be the case,” he emphasised.

• On April 6, The New York Times wrote about the leak of classified documents detailing US and NATO plans to build up the Ukrainian army before a planned counteroffensive. The Pentagon launched an investigation.

• Almost immediately, a new batch of secret documents appeared on social networks, which reveal American national security secrets regarding Ukraine, the Middle East, and China.

• Already on April 8, Ukrainian intelligence reported that the so-called classified military documents about offensive plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actually a forgery and a special operation of the Russian services. Russia could forge documents to disrupt Western aid to Ukraine.

• April 10 Ukraine's Presidential Administration says the leaked Pentagon files do not contain data on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive, while Austin says they are still assessing the extent of the leak.