In his material, he analyzed the leak of Pentagon documents telling about the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and US plans to strengthen them.
"The training of these troops is carried out not only in the West, but also by 71 American servicemen stationed directly on the territory of Ukraine, along with 97 nato special forces soldiers," Lieven writes.
According to him, their presence creates a risk that they could be killed or captured.
He noted that this could lead to escalation.
Earlier it became known that the US Department of Defense is investigating the leak of secret materials in the social network, which describes the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the plans of the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance to strengthen the Ukrainian army. The office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called the leak Photoshop.
According to Fox News, the leak could have occurred as a result of the actions of a person associated with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or the National Security Agency (NSA).