The Kremlin has declined to comment on a fresh raft of U.S. intelligence leaks, many of which pertain to Ukraine and other allies of the United States.
“I can’t comment on that in any way,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 10 when asked about speculation that Moscow was behind the leaks, which were first reported last week by The New York Times.
“You and I both know that the tendency [in the West] to blame Russia for everything is widespread right now,” he added. “So there’s nothing to comment on.”
A day earlier, the U.S. Defense Department said it was still assessing “the validity of the photographed documents that are circulating on social media sites and that appear to contain sensitive and highly classified material.”…