Leaked Pentagon classified files won't affect support for Ukraine - State Department

Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State Vedant Patel said it on Monday during a briefing in Washington, D.C., an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"We're going to continue to support Ukraine, in the wake of Russia's brutal aggression for as long as it takes," the State Department spokesman said in response to a request to comment on how the leak of classified data could affect ongoing operations in Ukraine.

He also emphasized that the Ukrainian leadership makes decisions on planning and conducting military operations independently.

As Ukrinform reported, on Monday, the representative of the Presidential Office Mykhailo Podolyak said that the appearance of secret Pentagon documents in the public domain does not disclose data on the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.