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Intelligence Leak Shows Dwindling Ukrainian Air Defense

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for April 10. Purported Pentagon intelligence assessments show Ukraine running out of air defense supplies next month. WSJ chief foreign affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov explains how the leaked information became public and what it means for the war. Plus, Tesla invests in a new facility in Shanghai amid weak US-Chinese relations. Peter Grantiz hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Leaked American intelligence shows Ukraine running out of air defense supplies next month.

0:26.0

Russia liked to knew the journal outline, but these files are very specific because they have the rundown of every type of Ukraine under a craft system and the exact number of remaining missiles.

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It is Monday, April 10th on Peter Granits covering for Luke Vargas with the Wall Street Journal,

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and here's the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

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Ukraine may run out of air defense supplies by next month.

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That is according to leaked Pentagon documents viewed by the Wall Street Journal.

1:09.0

The revelation was disclosed as part of a massive intelligence breach in the United States, one that is shaping up to be the most damaging in decades.

1:17.0

Yaroslav Trophymuff is the journal's chief foreign affairs correspondent and he joins us now. Good morning.

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Good morning.

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I want to start with a substance. Ukraine needs the West to resupply its air defense systems.

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Can that happen by next month? And what happens if it does not?

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Why this really cannot happen by next month?

1:33.0

The backbone of the Ukrainian air defense is 25 S-300 batteries.

1:37.0

And according to this leaked Pentagon presentation, Ukraine only had about 400 missiles for these batteries as of late February.

1:45.0

And it was expanding a couple hundred a month.

1:48.0

So assuming that the rate of consumption of these missiles kept up with the predictions,

1:53.0

it's likely that by May, Ukraine will no longer have any ammunition for these batteries.

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