“This is a very unfortunate leak… The US government takes it very seriously,” Burns was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. He added that the Pentagon and Justice Department have launched a thorough investigation to “get to the bottom of what happened.”
Recall that last week the New York Times reported that the Pentagon was investigating a leak on the social network of secret documents outlining the state of the Ukrainian military and US and NATO plans to strengthen it ahead of the offensive. A little later, it became known that another batch of secret American documents appeared on the Web. They deal not only with Ukraine, but also with China and the Middle East.
According to The Washington Post, the leak of classified intelligence on Ukraine caused a real panic in the Pentagon leadership. After the incident, the military department “restricted the intelligence information transmission process.” Experts called such measures unusually stringent, signaling panic at the Pentagon.