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It's April 12, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Chris Cotnor. Our top stories from international outlets this morning.

According to an exclusive from Reuters, Serbia, the only country in Europe that has refused to sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, agreed to supply arms to Kiev or has sent them already according to a classified Pentagon document.

The document, a summary of European government's responses to Ukraine's requests for military training in lethal aid or weapons, was among dozens of classified documents posted online in recent weeks in what could be the most serious leak of US secrets in years.

Serbia's defense minister, Milo's Vuchovich, dismissed the intel as untrue in a statement on Wednesday.

Serbia did not, nor will it be selling weapons to the Ukrainian nor the Russian side, nor to country surrounding that conflict Vuchovich said.

President Alexander Vuchich's office and the Ukrainian embassy did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The Pentagon also did not immediately respond to Reuters questions about the document's reference to Serbia and has previously declined to comment on any of the leaked documents.

China and Russia are in advanced secret talks with Iran to replenish the Islamic Republic's supply of a key chemical compound used to propel ballistic missiles, diplomats familiar with the matter say, a move that would mark a clear violation of United Nations sanctions and possibly help Moscow replenish its depleted stock of rockets.

Political reports that Tehran has held concurrent negotiations with officials in government controlled entities from both countries, including the state-owned Russian chemical maker FKP Anasit, to acquire large amounts of ammonium percolate or AP, the main ingredient in solid propellants used to power missiles said the diplomats, who requested anonymity in order to discuss confidential information.

The exact quantity of AP Iran is seeking to purchase is unclear, but the diplomats familiar with its plans estimate it would be sufficient to build thousands of rockets, including the Zulfagar missile, which has a range of 700 kilometers and has been used by both Iran and its proxies in the Middle East in recent years.

If the deal goes through, some of those rockets could end up being deployed against Ukraine, the diplomats said.

The AP is reporting that Mexico's top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants in CU.Huarez last month, with federal prosecutors saying he was remiss in not preventing the disaster, despite earlier indications of problems at his agency's detention centers.

The decision to file charges against Francisco Gardunio, the head of Mexico's National Immigration Institute, was announced late Tuesday by the federal attorney general's office.

It followed repeated calls from within Mexico, and from some central American nations, not to stop the case at the five low-level officials, guards, and a Venezuelan migrant already facing homicide charges in the case.

The attorney general's office said several other officers of Gardunio's agency will also face charges for failing to carry out their duties, the statement said, but prosecutors did not explain what specific charges or identify the officials.

Prosecutors said the case showed a pattern of irresponsibility.

Elsewhere, according to Reuters, U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Northern Irish political leaders in Belfast on Wednesday, kicking off a three-day Irish tour with the speech to mark the 25th anniversary of Northern Ireland's 1998 peace deal.

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