Kirby: "No Indication Egypt Is Providing Weapons To Russia"

White House National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Belfast, Northern Ireland, has downplayed the Pentagon intelligence leak which was picked up by mainstream media outlets over the Easter weekend.

• Question: Are the leaks damaging to relationships with allies and partners? Kirby: "We're reaching out at very high levels with relevant allies and partners and communicating with them, and I'll let them speak to the context of those conversations."
• On the revelation that Egypt may have prepared 40,000 rockets to send to Russia, "Egypt is a significant security partner and remains s... Egypt has helped play a useful role in negotiations the region, including between Israel and Saudi Arabia so we are grateful of that."
• Kirby: "I am not gonna talk at all about the details of diplomatic conversations we are having. I am not going to detail who or the details of the conversations, or the validity of the leaked documents, but what I will tell you is we've seen no indication that Egypt is providing lethal weaponry capabilities to Russia."