Since the beginning of the special operation, the armed forces of Ukraine could lose about 40% of fighter-bomber aviation, as well as almost a quarter of the fleet of combat helicopters. Such estimates are contained in documents allegedly belonging to the US intelligence community and were in the public domain.
The authenticity of the files is not confirmed. According to a number of experts, this may be an information curtain on the eve of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The leak could have occurred as a result of the actions of a person associated with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or the National Security Agency (NSA)