Pentagon leaks: we weren’t told about intelligence breach, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the Pentagon leaks as a ‘TV show’ that has damaged the reputation of the US. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said the White House did not advise him about the leak of highly classified US intelligence documents that received widespread attention around the world last month.

“I did not receive information from the White House or the Pentagon beforehand,” Zelenskiy was quoted as saying in an interview with the Washington Post published on Tuesday.