Pentagon reveals details of intelligence passed to Ukraine

“We do not provide intelligence on the location of (Russian) military commanders on the battlefield and do not participate in the decision-making process to determine the goals of the Ukrainian military side,” he said. John Kirby said in commenting on an article in the New York Times that said the United States provided Kiev with intelligence that led to the deaths of Russian officers during the special operation in Ukraine.

However, Mr John Kirby also details that: “The United States provides intelligence on the situation on the ground, thereby helping Ukraine defend its country.”

“Ukrainians have more information than we do. This is their country and they can collect the data on their own,” the Pentagon spokesman said. According to him, the Ukrainian military “combines information provided by the US and other partners with their field intelligence”.

Earlier, the American newspaper The New York Times reported that Washington was secretly transmitting information about developments on the battlefield to Ukraine in a “real-time” mode, including information about the movements of Russian troops. since the beginning of the special campaign phase two. According to the report, Ukrainian officials combined this data with their own intelligence “to carry out various shelling and attacks that resulted in the death of Russian officers”.

Before that, on 2/5,The US Department of Defense officially announced that the Chief of the Russian General Staff General Valeri Guerassimov had been at the battlefield in Donbass, eastern Ukraine for “several days”. The news revealed the possibility that the most senior generals in the Russian military ranks “closer and closer to hot spots”. However, the Pentagon did not confirm rumors that General Guerassimov was injured.

Press secretary to Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian military is aware that the US, NATO and the UK are not only supplying Ukraine with weapons but also intelligence, which does not stop the operation quickly. end, but it did not prevent the implementation of that military campaign to the end.