Volodymyr Zelensky says he was not warned by Washington of leaked US documents on the conflict

2023-05-03 06:05:20

Volodymyr Zelensky says he was not warned by Washington of leaked US documents

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview published Tuesday by the Washington Posthaving learned in the press, and not from Washington, of the existence of a leak of confidential American documents concerning the war of his country against Russia.

“I did not receive any information from the White House or the Pentagon beforehand”he says to the American daily. “We did not have this information, I did not have it”deplores the Ukrainian president.

Asked on CNN, Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said Tuesday night “not being able to say whether this is true or not”while reiterating the support of the United States to Ukraine in the conflict.

Classified US documents, released to the press in early April as a result of online leaks, detail Washington’s views on the war in Ukraine, including the worrying state of Ukraine’s air defenses as of late February. A young American serviceman arrested for spreading this information was charged on April 14.

“For us, anything that informs our enemy in advance is in one way or another a disadvantage”also launches Volodymyr Zelensky at the Washington Post. This episode “is not good for the reputation of the White House, and I think it is not good for the reputation of the United States”he still declares on a daily basis, comparing the leaks to ” a TV series “.