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Ukrainian President Volody Mirzelensky on Thursday told officials to stop talking to reporters about Kyiv's military tactics against Russia, saying such statements were "frankly irresponsible".
Following the explosion that destroyed a Russian air force base in Crimea on Tuesday, the New York Times and Washington Post blamed the Ukrainian military, citing unidentified officials. The Kyiv government, meanwhile, declined to say whether it was behind the explosion.
"If you want to make big headlines, that's one thing. It's frankly irresponsible.If we want Ukraine to win, that's another thing, and we need to be aware of our responsibility for every word we say about our defense and counterattack plans."
23} Separately, Undersecretary of Defense Hannah Mallya said the security services had launched an investigation into one of the incidents they had spoken to the newspaper."A leak like this disrupts the plans of the Ukrainian military as the enemy coordinates its actions and uses this information against us," she wrote on her Facebook. I have written.
Photos released by the satellite company show three near-identical craters on her where the building of the Russian air force base was struck. I could see the burnt-out shells of at least eight destroyed fighter planes.
Zelensky relayed his remarks to state, local and military officials and others he said were commenting on events on the front lines. , he sidelined an old friend as head of the security forces and another ally as chief prosecutor in Kyiv's greatest wartime purge for failing to root out Russian spies. (Additional reporting by Ronald Popeski; editing by Grant McCool and Stephen Coates)
