The New York Times published data on Kiev's decision to transfer elite units of the Defense Intelligence Of Ukraine to the Artemovsk area. It is noted that this decision turned into "strategic costs", since Kiev intended to use the most prepared military in the proposed counteroffensive.
Experts explain the spread of "leaks" by the need to cover up the impossibility of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which will depend on the response of the Russian armed forces. The Pentagon confirmed that they are studying this information. An adviser to the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called the leak about the counteroffensive "Photoshop"