Senior administration officials told The New York Times on Wednesday that the U.S has provided intelligence to Ukraine’s armed forces and that it has been used to help kill Russian generals who have died during the country’s ongoing war.
While not specifying how many Russian generals have been killed thanks to U.S. assistances, sources told the Times the information was part of a classified program that aims to help Ukrainians provide real-time intel. Ukraine maintains that it has killed 12 Russian generals.
The Times reported that Ukrainian officials have combined location details from the U.S. plus their own intelligence to conduct strikes that have helped kill members of the Russian forces.
The sources would not reveal to the Times how the U.S. has gleaned its intel on the location of Russian troops, but the newspaper noted it has used secret and commercial satellite images as some of its sources.
Multiple generals from the Russian army have been killed by Ukrainian forces during the ongoing conflict between the two countries, which began on Feb. 24.
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JUST IN: US has helped Ukraine target Russian generals: report https://t.co/PHNoPt7dFV pic.twitter.com/wX6gRksqM2
— The Hill (@thehill) May 5, 2022
This is one of those things that was better left to the Russian imagination.
First rule of Enemy Targeting Club is that you do not talk about Enemy Targeting Club. https://t.co/FvVwETr6oU
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 5, 2022
Once again, maybe "not talking about this" was the wiser course of action. https://t.co/Z4Ltw2t6VX
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 5, 2022
"We do not provide intelligence on the location of senior military leaders on the battlefield or participate in the targeting decisions…The Ukrainians have, quite frankly, a lot more information than we do." From today's brief by @PentagonPresSec https://t.co/oPFLMGPDdn
— Mick Ryan, AM (@WarintheFuture) May 6, 2022
After two months of nearly flawless handling of intel, suddenly there are people in the Biden administration who can't shut their yaps. https://t.co/oN9XOXjta3
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 6, 2022
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