The Pentagon is investigating a security breach that saw classified documents on US and NATO support for Ukraine leaked to social media. While it is not yet clear how the documents were leaked, they have been circulating on pro-Russian government channels, analysts say.
Military analysts were cited in press reports as warning that some of the documents appear to have been selectively altered to exaggerate Ukrainian casualty numbers and minimize those of Russian troops, suggesting a potential attempt at disinformation by Russia.
Meanwhile, Russian forces have likely reached the city center of Bakhmut, where bloody fighting has raged for months with little progress for either side. Russia's recent advances could severely threaten Ukraine's supply routes, the U.K. government said.
Russia also formally charged Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal, with espionage on Friday. He has denied the charges, and his detention prompted Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to issue a rare joint statement condemning the decision to hold him.