Pentagon leaks paint a Zelensky with an "aggressive" instinct. The Kiev leader "earned the trust of Western governments by refusing to use the weapons he was given to strike Russia at home," writes the Washington Post.

The secret papers refer to some meetings of recent months. In mid-February, meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Yuliya Svrydenko, Zelenski suggested that Ukraine "blow up" the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline that supplies oil to Hungary.