The Pentagon said Friday Provides only intelligence information to Ukraine “to defend the country” And not on the ground the location of Russian generals.
U.S. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby responded to an article in The New York Times at a news conference that US intelligence services had sent data to Ukraine that made it possible to locate and remove a dozen. Russian Generals.
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According to the New York newspaper quoting senior US officials, the assistance of the secret services allowed the Ukrainian military to select its targets in real time in the arena of military operations.
The United States provides war information to help Ukrainians defend their country … We do not provide information on the whereabouts of top military leaders on the battlefield, and we do not participate in decisions about what to attack, “John said.
A Pentagon spokesman said the Ukrainian armed forces had more intelligence than the United States.
“This is their country, their territory, they have the ability to gather intelligence on their own,” he pointed out.
John Kirby declined to comment on whether the U.S. Defense Department considers the information published by The New York Times to be “false.” The sharing of intelligence information is not discussed in detail.
According to the newspaper, the United States is said to have assisted Ukraine in estimating the movements of Russian troops and the location of the Russian military’s mobile headquarters.
The New York Times, with information gathered by the Ukrainian military, points out that this is possible due to the interruption of Russian communications. Identify high-ranking Russian officials and launch artillery attacks against their positions.