The United States has provided intelligence that has helped Ukrainian forces kill several Russian generals since Vladimir Putin’s troops invaded the country, senior US officials said.
The US officials said that of the approximately 12 Russian generals killed by Ukrainian forces, ‘many’ had been targeted with the help of US intelligence, reports the New York Times.
Washington has provided Ukraine real-time battlefield information on Russia’s expected troop movements and the location about Russia’s mobile military headquarters, which relocate often.
Ukraine has combined those details with its own intelligence, which includes intercepted communications that reveal whether senior officers are located within a base, to conduct artillery strikes and other attacks that have killed Russian generals.
U.S. officials declined to specify how many generals had been killed as a result of American intelligence, the newspaper said.
The US National Security Council slammed the assertion that the United States was helping Ukraine kill Russian generals as ‘irresponsible.’
‘The United States provides battlefield intelligence to help the Ukrainians defend their country,’ NSC spokesperson Adrienne Watson said.
‘We do not provide intelligence with the intent to kill Russian generals.’