The leaked US intelligence documents that have surfaced in recent weeks contain an array of heterogeneous data, and there is a lot of information about Russia. Yet while some of it looks plausible, others appear to be outright fabrications or, perhaps, information from a conspiracy Telegram channel.
Yet the document claiming that Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi allegedly instructed his military to produce up to 40,000 missiles for covert shipment to Russia can still be placed in the first category.
While the Washington Post reported Monday on additional documents revealing that Cairo had paused this plan following talks with US officials, instead deciding to produce ammunition for Ukraine (although ultimately there is no indication it proceeded with either), there are some indications in Moscow the initial report has some truth to it.
One indication that the intelligence was likely accurate is the reaction of pro-Russian bloggers and experts, as it was the only one from the whole trove of leaked documents that caused any semblance of polar opinions in Russia.
