Wectern media on the leak:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/10/leaked-documents-ukraine-counteroffensive/
The way they treat it suggests it's real, or else they'd emphasize it's fake and ignore the contents. But what if it was deliberately fabricated by Western intelligence so it could be "leaked" and change public opinion in some way?


Highlights:
>All parties came away from those conversations with a sense that Ukraine was beginning to understand the limitations of what it could achieve in the offensive and preparing accordingly, U.S. officials said. While severing the land bridge is unlikely to happen, these people said, the United States is hopeful that incremental gains could at least threaten the free flow of Russian equipment and personnel in the corridor, which has been a lifeline for invading forces.
So no war-winning offensive unless they keep attacking in the area again and again for months.

>Another senior Ukrainian official said the leaked documents were unlikely to compromise the planned counteroffensive. “Everyone knows we’re low on ammunition — the president and the defense minister talk about that openly,” the official said. “And it’s been obvious to everyone since November that the next counteroffensive will be focused on the south, first Melitopol and then Berdyansk. But the exact place — we can change that the week before.”
So any counteroffensive in Bakhmut would be secondary.

>>50085
Ukrainian friendly fire.