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NEW: @AricToler reveals three documents found in the #discordleaks that detail US intelligence gathering on Ukrainian Armed Forces operations. bellingcat.com/news/2023/04/2…

@AricToler All three documents show damage assessments of recent strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian targets.

@AricToler It's not possible from the documents to identify if the US provided intelligence for these attacks or whether they are only analysing their aftermath.

@AricToler In one of the documents the coordinates attached to the assessment appear to be incorrect. The coordinates lead to a petrol station, 15km away from the identified target of the attack.

@AricToler Bellingcat managed to geolocate the building shown in the satellite images, revealing a car transportation firm that appears to have been taken over by Russian forces.

@AricToler Twitter users @5urpher and @neonhandrail 's early independent work in geolocating this area helped to confirm the new Bellingcat coordinates and that Russian forces were present in the compound.

@AricToler @5urpher @neonhandrail In another leaked document, targeted strikes on a bridge near the occupied city of Kreminna are detailed, noting severe damage to an important Russian transport link to the city and the surrounding areas in which intense fighting is ongoing.

@AricToler @5urpher @neonhandrail Bakhmut, a city surrounded on three sides by Russian forces is the subject of the third document. A mineshaft is identified in the image, which appears to have been a target of multiple attacks from satellite imagery, referred to as an 'assembly area' for Russian troops.

@AricToler @5urpher @neonhandrail The assessment of this attack can be linked to the 176th Intelligence Squadron, a part of the Air National Guard.

@AricToler @5urpher @neonhandrail The #discordleaks were first made public by an Air National Guardsmen Jack Teixeira, who was sharing the US secret documents in a gaming discord server. He is currently facing trial storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

@AricToler @5urpher @neonhandrail You can read more about the #discordleaks and how @AricToler initially located the origins of the leaked documents here: bellingcat.com/news/2023/04/0…

@AricToler @5urpher @neonhandrail If you’re interested in this story and want to listen in detail about the open source research carried out, you can listen to our free episode of our Patreon podcast, Bellingchat here: patreon.com/posts/81739827…

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