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I can imagine why. If the Russians obtained the documents through a source and then realized that there was essentially nothing they could do to stop the Ukrain
by chongli 4y ago
I can imagine why. If the Russians obtained the documents through a source and then realized that there was essentially nothing they could do to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive, then they might have decided it would be more effective to leak the documents than to hold onto them.
Keeping the documents secret is not much good if your forces are so depleted and overextended that you can’t make use of them to thwart the Ukrainian attack. But leaking the documents to the public stands a reasonable chance of delaying the counteroffensive while the Ukrainians adjust their plans and hunt down the leakers.
- m3kw9 4y agoThe offensive plans are not shared until a few days before it starts. There is way to plan to deceive possible spy’s which they know exists and cannot just share the grand plans just like that. By the time it’s shared they make sure it’s as hard as possible for enemies to adjust
- chongli 4y agoI would also hope they would have multiple different copies of the plans which would be watermarked or different in subtle ways which they could use to detect leakers!