The documents are part of a trove of highly sensitive material that has been posted online.
THE UNITED STATES has serious concerns about Ukraine’s ability to make significant gains in an upcoming counteroffensive, as well as Kyiv’s capacity to keep defending against Russian strikes, according to a report and documents reviewed by AFP.
But one top secret document said tough Russian defences and “enduring Ukrainian deficiencies in training and munitions supplies probably will strain progress and exacerbate casualties during the offensive,” the Washington Post reported. But the February 2023 document – the authenticity of which could not immediately be confirmed – said that 89% of Ukrainian medium and high-range air defences was made up of SA-10 and SA-11 Soviet-era systems that could soon run short of ammunition.Based on munitions use at the time, the document projected that Ukraine’s SA-11s would be out of missiles by late March, and its SA-10s by early May.
He also said that Washington is contacting allies and partners at “very high levels” in the wake of the release of the documents, which included sensitive analyses of countries with which the US has close ties.
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