Leak of US plans for Kiev’s offensive may be disinformation campaign

The documents that have appeared on social networks about US and NATO's classified plans for building up the Ukrainian armed forces ahead of an offensive due this spring may be part of a disinformation campaign, Vladimir Rogov, the leader of the movement We are Together with Russia told TASS on Friday.

"We see there [in the documents] an estimated 48,000 to 50,000 troops that can be gathered, but I think this is a classical disinformation operation, being conducted to mislead us, to make us think that they [Ukrainian troops] are not ready yet and we can relax.  Part of what is said there may be true, but as far as the timing is concerned, it's definitely not so," Rogov said.

He believes that the leak is related with the buildup of significant Ukrainian forces in recent weeks in the Zaporozhye area and in the immediate vicinity of the engagement line near Orekhov.

"In my opinion, it is an attempt to make us think that an offensive may be possible only after sometime, and not within the next few days. On the other hand, the situation on the frontline points to the opposite: equipment continues to arrive, equipment is ready, and enough militants have been trained," Rogov noted. He pointed out that large amounts of fuel and lubricants being delivered to the engagement line meant "that this equipment will not remain idle, but will go on the offensive."