The Kremlin estimated on Tuesday April 12 that the leak of classified American documents on the war in Ukraine could in fact be made up of "
false
" aimed at "
deceiving
" Russia as part of a disinformation campaign by Washington.
At this stage, "
we have no position (...) Maybe it's a" fake ", a deliberate intox
", reacted the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Ryabkov, quoted by Russian news agencies.
“
Given that the United States is an integral part of the conflict (in Ukraine) and that it is actually waging a hybrid war against us, such methods are possible to deceive the enemy, i.e. the Federation of Russia
”, he further argued.
“Very serious risk” for American security
For his part, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the press on Wednesday that Russia did not know at this stage "
the level of authenticity of the documents
".
Classified US documents emerged late last week online, a leak that the Pentagon said posed a "
very serious risk
" to US national security.
Among other information, these documents evoke in particular the doubts of the United States as to the chances of success of the Ukrainian counter-offensive under preparation.
AFP could not confirm the authenticity of these classified documents.
Russian-American relations are at an all-time low, and continue to deteriorate due to the Russian assault on Ukraine.
Having suffered a series of military failures and suffered very heavy losses, Moscow now presents this conflict as a proxy war orchestrated by the West against Moscow, Europeans and Americans supporting Ukraine militarily and financially.
Dmitry Peskov also noted that even before the leak of the American documents, Moscow had established the presence in Ukraine of "
many instructors from NATO countries, in particular from the United Kingdom, and that combatants were taking part in the fights
”.
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