What they don't want you to see about the Ukraine war
The Ukraine documents. Read them for yourself
Everyone’s talking about the leaked Top Secret documents, but for some reason, the majors in the news media would rather write about them, everyone with their own spin, rather than just publish them and let you see them for yourself. Newsweek has decided to publish 20 of the most interesting on the Ukraine war, annotated by me.
My article begins:
Newsweek has obtained more than four dozen of the leaked intelligence documents that were revealed three weeks ago and is publishing 20 of them here for the first time. The documents—labeled "secret" and "top secret"—offer important insight into the state of the Ukraine war, even as NATO expands in response to the Russian incursion and U.S. politicians debate the wisdom or necessity of supporting the war with financial and military aid.
The stark conclusion buried in the documents is that Vladimir Putin’s army has made little progress. Since last July, it has gained an average of just 2.7 kms (1.6 mi) of territory "per month" in its attack around Bakhmut.
An equally startling disclosure is that the number of Russian mercenaries fighting around Bakhmut exceeds the number of regular soldiers. According to U.S. intelligence, 22,000 Wagner group fighters constitute 70 percent of those fighting—thousands more than was previously known and certainly a critical new variable.
One document notes that Russia has "reacted" to U.S. and NATO reconnaissance sorties.
Several others report that supplies and support are heading to Ukraine ahead of a Ukrainian offensive planned for April 30.