Op-Ed: Pentagon Leaks Highlight Biden’s Incomplete Strategy for Ukraine Spring Counteroffensive

This article originally appeared in Washington Times on April 18, 2023

Recently, a series of leaked classified documents from the Pentagon were posted to Telegram and Twitter, and the source of the leak was discovered as a member of the National Guard. Beyond the intention behind disclosing these classified documents, the leaked reports reveal that the U.S. and its NATO allies plan to continue down the path of military engagement with Russia as they equip Ukraine for its spring counteroffensive.

The strategy, however, remains incomplete as the Biden administration has failed to clarify what comes after this spring offensive amid the likelihood that Ukraine’s counteroffensive will not be enough to end the war. This incomplete strategy is setting the U.S. up for sending endless aid to a war that continues to escalate.

While the underlying motivations for the leak remain under investigation, alterations to the documents propagate a Russian-friendly narrative of the war effort. For example, one of the documents was altered to reduce Russia’s casualty numbers while inflating Ukraine’s casualties. 

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