The U.S. government has been monitoring U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to official documents leaked online.
The documents indicate that Washington viewed the UN leader as being too soft on Moscow.
- Some of the leaked documents contain information about private conversations between Guterres and his deputy.
- One of the documents suggests that Guterres was overly willing to accommodate Russia in a bid to preserve Moscow's Black Sea grain deal with Kyiv.
- A
senior U.N. official refused to comment on the leaks but said the
organization was attempting to reduce the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian
war on poor global populations.
- He noted that this entailed "doing what we can to drive down the price of food," which included ensuring access to fertilizer.
- Russia is the world's largest fertilizer exporter and has complained that its exports are being harmed by international sanctions.
- U.S. officials have previously acknowledged that the leaked documents are genuine.
- The U.S. Justice Department launched a probe to identify the source of the leak while the Pentagon is investigating its impact on national security.
