The publication of explosive information about the Ukraine war causes a stir.
There seems to be a great deal of unrest in Russia.
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Suspicion
about
Ukraine leaks
: US newspaper reports on "young gun lover"
Leaked
US
secret documents
: USA probably doubts counter-offensive by Ukraine
US leaks
in the
Ukraine war
: New details on possible arms deliveries published
Here you can read current developments from the Ukraine conflict.
The processed information on the losses of the armies involved in the Ukraine war comes partly from the warring parties from Russia or Ukraine.
They can therefore not be independently checked in part.
Update from April 13, 11:05 a.m .:
According to a US newspaper report, the power struggle within the Russian power apparatus because of the war against Ukraine could be more far-reaching than previously assumed.
This is indicated by new secret documents that have now been published on the Internet in addition to the leaked information that became known days ago, reports the
New York Times
.
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A Russian soldier operates a cannon during the Ukraine War.
The casualties in the army are apparently great.
© Russian Defense Ministry/Imago
Accordingly, the domestic secret service FSB accuses the military of concealing the extent of the victims on the Russian side.
The military continues to shy away from relaying bad news up the chain of command, the document said.
In discussions with the Russian government, the FSB, in turn, is questioning the Defense Ministry's figures.
Update from April 13, 8:52 a.m .:
The leaked documents are supposed to confirm rumors about Vladimir Putin’s cancer.
The relevant excerpts of the leaks say that Nikolai Patrushev (National Security Council) and Valery Gerasimov (Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces) have plans to overthrow Putin.
In order to make the Kremlin leader look bad, they want to sabotage the Russian invasion by moving troops from Russia to the southern front.
This was planned for March 5th.
At that time, chemotherapy was planned for Putin, so he was unable to prevent the plans from being carried out.
This was reported by several US media unanimously.
Pictures of the Ukraine war: great horror and small moments of happiness
Pictures of the Ukraine war: great horror and small moments of happiness
US leaks: Zelenskyj Minister sees "minimal" risk for counter-offensive
Update from April 13, 7:56 a.m .:
After the publication of secret US information about the war, the Ukrainian government fears no negative effects on offensives against Russian attack troops.
Battle plans and other data on special operations are known only to a very small circle within the Ukrainian leadership, stressed Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maljar on Ukrainian television.
The risk of information leakage is "very minimal" with regard to the most important issues of the war.
US officials made similar statements, but classified the disclosure of documents containing sensitive information not only about Ukraine, but also about South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and other countries, as serious.
Suspicion about Ukraine leaks: US newspaper reports on "young gun lover"
Update from April 13, 6:35 a.m .:
The
Washington Post
reports a new suspicion as to who might be behind the leaked US documents.
As the US newspaper reports, a "young, charismatic gun lover" could be behind the leak.
The man, who is known as “OG” on the Discord platform, where the documents first appeared, helped set up a kind of forum during the corona pandemic where like-minded people are said to have talked about weapons, God and the pandemic , the newspaper reported.
According to this, "OG" started spreading news in 2020 with information he had from his job on a "US military base".
He did not say what basis that was.
The report goes on to say that the members did not initially understand what they were looking at.
"He's smart," an anonymous member of the group told The
Washington Post
of "OG."
“Of course he knew what he was doing when he circulated the documents.
These were by no means any accidental leaks.”
Secret documents leaks in the Ukraine war: USA make gloomy prognosis
Update from April 13, 6:10 a.m .:
The United States apparently does not expect the Ukraine war to end this year – even if Kiev can win back larger areas of its country.
According to the Washington Post,
this assessment should
be part of the leaked documents.
Even increasingly serious losses of the Russian armed forces would therefore not lead to peace talks or a victory on the part of one side.
"Negotiations to end the conflict are unlikely in 2023 in all scenarios considered," the previously unpublished document said.
It goes on to say that Ukraine and Russia could only make small gains in territory by the end of the year.
The assessment, which appears to be based on data on troops and materiel, could contradict talk efforts that have come from states such as the US and China.
Ukraine leaks: US leaks in the Ukraine war: "mixture" of true and false information
Update from April 12, 9:50 p.m.:
The Ukrainian
Defense Minister Oleksiy Resnikov explains during a press conference in Madrid that the alleged US intelligence documents known as the "Ukraine Leaks" contain a "mixture" of true and false information.
However, the correct information is already out of date, he said.
Ukraine leaks: US is said to have doubts about Ukraine's counter-offensive
One of the documents from early February mentions alleged US doubts about the planned Ukrainian counter-offensive.
According to a report by the
Kyiv Independent
, they would warn of significant “deficits in troop accumulation and maintenance” .
The documents also state that Egypt is planning to deliver up to 40,000 missiles to Russia.
However, the White House said on April 12 that there was no evidence of this.
While Ukrainian officials initially dismissed the documents as "fake," US officials confirmed to both the
New York Times
and
CNN
that the documents are likely genuine, although some of them appear to have been altered.
US leaks in the Ukraine war: NATO troops involved?
"Totally wrong"
Update April 12, 4:50 p.m.:
The defense ministers of Ukraine and Spain have dismissed claims that NATO troops are fighting Russian forces in Ukraine.
"It is completely wrong that there are NATO troops in Ukraine," said Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles on Wednesday at a joint press conference with her Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov in Madrid.
Reznikov also said that the claim that appeared in the so-called Ukraine leaks was "not true".
"A lot of data that is not true" and outdated information is contained in the documents, Resnikov said.
The beneficiaries are simply Russia or Moscow's allies.
Despite the data leak, we still have "full confidence in our American allies," he said.
From Spain's point of view, Robles said the unit remains strong and Russia will "not achieve a break in this unit".
Ukraine leaks: London warns of disinformation
Update from April 12, 3:30 p.m .:
The leaks of secret documents from US government agencies continue to cause a stir internationally.
Meanwhile, the British Ministry of Defense has expressed doubts about the authenticity of the photographed papers, which are intended to prove, among other things, the presence of special forces from Great Britain and the USA in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the United States wants to calm things down with its allies.
The documents had "a high level of inaccuracy," London explains.
Readers should be "cautious about taking the claims at face value" that they have "the potential to spread disinformation."
Ukraine leaks: China is also discussed in the papers
Update from April 12, 2:37 p.m .:
CNN reports new details on the “Ukraine leaks”.
According to the US broadcaster, it has seen 53 of the leaked US secret documents.
China, with its head of state Xi Jinping, is also mentioned in the papers.
The United States is concerned that the country close to the Kremlin is supporting Putin in the Ukraine war.
According to the report, a note said Beijing could use Ukrainian attacks on targets in Russia "as an opportunity to frame NATO as an aggressor and increase its aid to Russia if it deems the attacks significant."
Ukraine leaks: NATO special forces are said to have been active in the war zone
Update from April 12, 12:55 p.m .:
Apparently, the leaked US secret documents should also contain explosive information about NATO special forces in Ukraine, as several British media have now said unanimously.
As a result, up to 97 NATO special forces are said to have been active in the Ukraine war.
The British Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the revelations.
On Twitter, however, it urged caution.
US leaks in the Ukraine war: New details on possible arms deliveries published
Update from April 12, 9:39 a.m
.: New details on the “Ukraine leaks”: According to information from the Reuters news agency, one of the alleged US secret documents shows that Serbia wanted to supply Ukraine with weapons – or has already done so.
The paper in question is entitled "Europe - Responses to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict" and lists in chart form the "evaluated positions" of 38 European governments on Kyiv's requests for military assistance.
Ukraine leaks: US initiates criminal investigations
Update from April 12, 5 a.m.:
After the release of explosive US information about the war in Ukraine, the US government is trying to clarify and try to calm its allies.
"We will turn every stone until we determine the origin and extent of the incident," said US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
“I was first briefed on the reports of the unauthorized release of sensitive and classified material on the morning of April 6,” Austin said.
Since then, he has consulted with senior staff at his ministry on a daily basis and taken immediate action.
"We have referred the matter to the Justice Department, which has launched a criminal investigation." As long as the investigations were ongoing, he could not comment further.
But he emphasized: "We take the matter very, very seriously."
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Blinken said he spoke to his Ukrainian colleague Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday.
"In our conversation, among other things, I reiterated our continued support for Ukraine and its efforts to defend its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence."
US leaks in the Ukraine war: Great Britain speaks of "inaccuracy"
Update from April 11, 10:20 p.m .:
The British Ministry of Defense explains that there is a “high degree of inaccuracy” in the alleged leaked US secret documents that have appeared on the Internet as so-called Ukraine leaks.
This comes from a statement by the UK Ministry of Defense published on Twitter.
"Readers should be careful not to take the claims at face value," the UK MoD said.
Journalists from the Associated Press (AP)
agency
have now been able to speak to alleged witnesses to the publication of the Ukraine leaks.
These are users of the Discord communication platform, including a teenager and a child.
The reporters learned from an 18-year-old that one of the chat users had suddenly started sharing allegedly secret documents during a conversation about the Ukraine war.
"We were all just confused.
We couldn't believe what had happened," he says of the events.
However, the
AP
could not confirm many of the details mentioned.
The chat in which the documents were published has since been deleted.
The alleged witness refused to give his name for security reasons.
US leaks in the Ukraine war: was Zelenskyj bugged?
Consultant clearly disagrees
Update April 11, 3:35 p.m.:
The Pentagon has set up an "inter-agency working group" to study the impact of the data leak on national security.
The US Department of Justice also launched a criminal investigation.
The government is concerned that more documents could surface, said White House spokesman for the National Security Council John Kirby.
"We don't know who is responsible for this.
And we don't know if they have anything else they want to release," Kirby said Monday (April 10).
According to Kirby, US President Joe Biden was informed about the leak at the end of last week.
Ukraine leaks: Selenskyj adviser does not believe in wiretapping
Update from April 11, 1:40 p.m .:
In the course of the “Ukraine Leaks” there are also reports that the USA is said to have wiretapped Volodymyr Zelenskyj.
His advisor Mychajlo Podoljak expressly doubts these reports.
Consultations between the Ukrainian head of state and the military did not proceed as described in the documents, Podoliak said on Ukrainian television on Monday (April 10).
Earlier, reports indicated that Zelenskyy, in a consultation with the army leadership in late February, proposed drone strikes on Russian army bases in the Rostov region.
This may have encouraged Washington not to supply Kiev with long-range weapons, it said.
Podoljak now contradicted this description: It made little sense "to simply say in abstract terms: 'Let us bomb the Rostov region'." Rather, priorities are set and strategies are defined in such consultations.
Ukraine leaks: US documents probably first appeared on video game platform Discord
Update from April 11, 1:06 p.m .:
The independent investigative platform
Bellingcat
checked where the leaked documents first appeared.
According to this, some of them could have been online as early as January.
According to Bellingcat
, some were
published on Discord, a popular platform for video gamers.
There, accordingly, they appeared in channels for fans of a YouTube celebrity, as well as for players of the computer game "Minecraft".
Leaks in the Ukraine war: initially largely unnoticed on the video game platform
Update from April 11, 12:30 p.m .:
According to the US broadcaster
CNN
, the leaked US documents on the Ukraine war and other regions of the world appeared weeks earlier on the Discord platform.
There they initially went largely unnoticed.
Only after the documents had spread on Twitter and Telegram was the alarm raised.
A former employee justified the fact that the documents could be published on Twitter with a gap in the user guidelines of the platform.
The distribution of material obtained through hacks is not permitted.
However, in this case there is "no credible evidence" that it is a technical hack or smuggling, according to the employee.
Leaks secret US documents in the Ukraine war: Egypt wanted to deliver thousands of missiles to Russia
Update from April 11, 12:15 p.m .:
The leaked US documents reveal some interesting developments in the background of the Ukraine war.
Accordingly, Egypt wanted to deliver thousands of missiles to Russia in a secret project.
Ukraine war: South Korea calls US leaks "senseless lies"
Update from April 11, 9:55 a.m .:
The South Korean government has declared large parts of the leaked US secret documents on the Internet to be fake.
After a phone conversation between the US and South Korean defense ministers, they both concluded "that a significant number of the documents in question are fabricated," South Korea's presidential office said.
Some of the documents are said to show South Korea's concerns that the US could supply South Korean-made weapons to Ukraine.
This would be a violation of South Korea's arms export policy, according to which Seoul does not deliver armaments to war zones.
Some of the documents are also said to suggest that the US spied on its close allies like South Korea and Israel.
However, the South Korean President's office on Tuesday dismissed rumors of security flaws that could make eavesdropping possible as "senseless lies".
Ukraine war: Kiev's defense minister speaks of "new surprise"
Update from April 11, 8:50 a.m.:
According to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, Ukraine is preparing for a new attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
"We can offer the Russians a new surprise," he said, according to the Unian news agency.
One just waits for the "right moment" to repeat the sinking of the "Moskva".
The flagship of the Russian fleet was hit by two missiles in April last year and finally sank.
Update from April 11, 7:24 a.m .:
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian fighter jets have carried out a total of eight airstrikes against Russian troops and equipment in Ukraine, the Ukrainian General Staff reported.
The Ukrainian army also shot down a Mi-24 helicopter and nine different types of drones, it said.
"Despite high losses in personnel and equipment, the enemy is not giving up the war of aggression," said the General Staff.
There was heavy fighting in the direction of the settlements of Bakhmut, Lyman and Marin, with the Ukrainian army repelling 52 attacks.
Ukraine war: is Kiev working on a new strategy because of leaked US documents?
Update from April 10, 8:24 p.m .:
As a result of the publication of alleged secret US documents, which are currently circulating on social media, the US broadcaster
CNN
reported that Ukraine would now change its war strategy.
This information should come from circles of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj.
However, one of Zelenskyy's most important security advisors, Oleksiy Danilov, contradicts the reports in the Ukraine war: "I don't know who
CNN
spoke to.
In any case, I can say that the number of people who know about our plans on our territory is extremely limited.
And I don't think the informant who was in contact with
CNN
had anything to do with it," Danilov said, according to
tagesschau.de
.
Leaks in the Ukraine war: Pentagon considers publication of US documents to be "very high" security risk
Update from April 10, 7:37 p.m.:
According to the Pentagon, the publication of secret US documents represents a “very high” security risk in connection with the Ukraine war. The Kremlin reacted positively to the publications, which also contain information on Ukrainian warfare should.
The Pentagon did not provide any further information.
The secret US government documents had appeared on online platforms such as Twitter, Telegram, Discord and other platforms.
According to the
New York Times,
they contain, among other things, information on US and NATO plans to support a Ukrainian military offensive against Russia in the Ukraine war in the spring.
According to the newspaper, the documents were distributed through pro-Russian channels.
Lukashenko demands security guarantees from Russia in view of the Ukraine war
Update from April 10, 6:58 p.m .:
The Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko has asked the big neighbor Russia to protect Belarus like “Russian territory”.
At a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu in Minsk on Monday (April 10), Lukashenko asked for appropriate security guarantees, the state news agency Belta reported.
He also thanked for the stationing of thousands of soldiers on Belarusian territory.
Russia recently announced that it would station nuclear weapons in Belarus because of the war in Ukraine.
Lukashenko's request is comparable to the request of an antelope in a crocodile's mouth for security guarantees, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak tweeted.
Lukashenko is considered to be heavily dependent on Moscow economically, militarily and politically.
Kiev blames Minsk for supporting the Ukraine war as Russia also launched the invasion from Belarusian territory.
Lukashenko has been in power in Minsk for more than a quarter of a century.
Ukraine war: Peskow calls US document leak "interesting"
Update from April 10, 1:46 p.m .
: The publication of the secret US documents on the war in Ukraine met with great interest in the Kremlin.
"The leaks are reasonably interesting, everyone is studying, analyzing and discussing them broadly," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
US media had previously reported on the content of the documents published on social networks.
There is also information from US intelligence services on the Ukrainian warfare.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj was also spied on in connection with the Ukraine war.
The Kremlin spokesman declined to comment on whether Russia had anything to do with the publication.
Ukraine Leaks Revealed: Did the US Also Spy on Zelenskyy?
Update from April 10, 12:28 p.m .:
According to a report by the US television channel
CNN
, the Ukrainian leadership is angry about the published secret documents on the Russian war of aggression.
The country has therefore already changed some of its military plans,
CNN
reported , citing those close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A document also shows that the United States even spied on Zelenskyy.
The fact in itself is not a surprise, but Ukrainian officials are deeply frustrated by the data leak,
CNN
wrote , citing a person close to Zelenskyy.
According to reports in numerous US media, the documents show how deeply Washington's secret services also scrutinize their allies.
Battle for Bachmut: Russia moves troops to the front in the Ukraine war
Update from April 10, 10:16 a.m .:
The Ukrainian armed forces are observing Russian troop movements near the heavily contested city of Bakhmut.
According to the opposition news agency Nexta
, more regular Russian units are said to have been relocated near Bakhmut in order to possibly replace or reinforce the mercenaries of the Wagner group
.
Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi of the
Kyiv Independent
also confirmed that there are signs that the private army is "exhausted" .
“The enemy has switched to so-called scorched earth tactics.
They destroy buildings and (military) positions with airstrikes and artillery fire,” he was quoted as saying in the report.
This tactic is already known from Russia from the Syrian war.
Ukraine war: According to leaked US documents, air defense is running out of ammunition
Update from April 10, 08:03:
Ukraine urgently needs new ammunition for the air defense system.
The stocks of S-300 and Buk missiles from the Soviet era should be completely exhausted by mid-April or early May at the latest, according to the leaked US documents.
The
New York Times
reported on Monday morning.
The document in question was issued on February 28 and it is unclear if the assessment has changed.
So far, Ukrainian air defenses have been considered extremely effective against constant Russian attacks.
Ukraine War: Leaked secret documents prompt investigation by US Department of Justice
Update vom 9. April, um 21.07 Uhr: Das US-Justizministerium hat eine Untersuchung zu im Internet verbreiteten Geheimdokumenten eingeleitet. „Wir haben uns mit dem Verteidigungsministerium in dieser Sache ausgetauscht und eine Untersuchung begonnen“, sagte ein Sprecher des Justizministeriums in Washington der Nachrichtenagentur AFP. Das Pentagon hatte bereits am Freitag erklärt, das Durchsickern der Dokumente zu überprüfen und das Justizministerium offiziell von der Angelegenheit informiert zu haben.
Zuletzt waren nach und nach eine Reihe von geheimen Regierungsdokumenten auf Online-Plattformen wie Twitter, Telegram oder Discord aufgetaucht. Darunter waren laut einem Bericht der New York Times vom Donnerstag geheime Dokumente zu Plänen der USA und der Nato, die Ukraine bei der Vorbereitung einer Frühlingsoffensive gegen Russland zu unterstützen.
Ukraine-Krieg: Bachmut bald erobert? Wagner macht Fortschritte – Russland schickt Eliteeinheiten
Update vom 9. April, um 18.15 Uhr: Russland versucht weiterhin, Bachmut komplett einzunehmen. Der Sprecher des ukrainischen Militärkommandos Ost, Serhij Tscherewatyj, sagt, Russland habe damit begonnen, Eliteeinheiten in die umkämpfte Stadt zu entsenden. Darunter seien Fallschirmjäger. Grund dafür seien die großen Verluste unter den Kämpfern der privaten Söldnertruppe Wagner. Vor Kurzem hatte Tscherewatji erklärt, die Lage in Bachmut sei schwierig.
Die ukrainischen Truppen hielten aber trotz der zahlenmäßigen Überlegenheit der russischen Einheiten durch. Russland verzeichne an einigen Stellen taktische Erfolge, zahle aber einen hohen Preis dafür. Auch nach Einschätzung britischer Geheimdienste kommen die Wagner-Truppen in Bachmut voran.
Erstmeldung vom 09. April 2023 um 18.29 Uhr: Kiew/Moskau – Im Ukraine-Krieg sind mittlerweile 178.000 Soldaten aus Russland gefallen. Das teilte der Generalstab der Ukraine am Ostersonntag (9. April) mit. Die Intensität im Kriegsgeschehen bleibt auch weiterhin hoch.
Zuletzt hatte die Ukraine erstmals angedeutet, sich in Bezug auf die annektierte Halbinsel Krim eventuell auf Verhandlungen einzulassen. Die Sicht auf eine mögliche militärische Rückeroberung des strategisch wichtigen Punktes gingen zuletzt weit auseinander. Trotz der weiterhin schwierigen Lage in seinem Heimatland, könnte der Präsident der Ukraine, Wolodymyr Selenskyj, schon bald nach Deutschland kommen.
Von Kiew nach Aachen: Selenskyj könnte bald nach Deutschland kommen
Der 45-jährige Staatschef Selenskyj könnte am 14. Mai den Karlspreises im Krönungssaal des Aachener Rathauses persönliche entgegennehmen, wie die Deutsche Presse-Agentur schreibt. Der Preis wird seit 1950 an Personen verliehen wird, die sich für die Einheit Europas verdient gemacht haben, wird in diesem Jahr an Selenskyj und die ukrainische Bevölkerung gehen, die sich seit dem 24. Februar gegen den russischen Überfall zur Wehr setzt. Im Vorjahr (2022) ging der Preis an die belarussischen Bürgerrechtlerinnen Swetlana Tichanowskaja, Veronika Zepkalo und Maria Kolesnikowa.
Zu der Verleihung werden auch weitere hochkarätige Politikerinnen und Politiker erwartet. Offiziell bestätigt wurden bereits Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (SPD) und EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen. Spekulationen zufolge könnten auch Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron und ein Vertreter der polnischen Regierung in Aachen vor Ort sein.
Ostern im Krieg: Papst schließt Ukraine in Ostergebet ein
In seiner traditionellen Osterbotschaft am Sonntag (9. April) rief Papst Franziskus die Russen dazu auf, die Wahrheit über die Invasion der Ukraine zu ergründen, wie Reuters berichtet. „Helfen Sie dem geliebten ukrainischen Volk auf seinem Weg zum Frieden und werfen Sie das Osterlicht auf das russische Volk“, so das Oberhaupt der katholischen Kirche in seinem Ostergebet wörtlich.
Already on the Easter Vigil (the night before Easter Sunday) the Pope encouraged hope amidst the "icy winds of war".
Francis has repeatedly referred to Ukraine and its people as “martyrs,” Reuters writes.
(editing with agencies)
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