In an interview with the Washington Post , Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that he was not advised by the White House about the leak of highly classified US intelligence documents that received widespread attention around the world last month.
According to Zelenskiy, he did not receive any information beforehand from either the White House or the Pentagon. He added that the leak was not beneficial for Ukraine and it could harm the reputation of the White House and the United States.
He said that he could not risk the state due to the potential strain on trust between the US and Ukraine caused by the Pentagon leaks, which reportedly revealed that Washington was spying on senior Ukrainian officials, including Zelenskiy.
In addition he suggested it wasn’t worth damaging US support for Kyiv. “Where I can speak frankly, I do it.
According to the paper, he added that there are high risks.
“If it were my war against [Vladimir] Putin, and there were two of us on the battlefield, I would tell everyone what I think of them. But here the story is a little different. We are all responsible.”
Ties With Allies Around The World
The Pentagon leaks which came to light in April damaged ties with allies around the world, providing a snapshot in time of a wide variety of highly classified information including details ranging from the state of Ukraine’s air defences to Israel’s Mossad spy agency. The documents, labelled “Secret” and “Top Secret”, first appeared on social media websites, beginning with Discord and 4chan.
Authorities have charged a US air national guardsman with distributing those documents in a chatroom on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers.He has not yet entered a plea.
In his interview, the Ukrainian president described the leaks as a “TV show” that helped Russia.
