One of the reasons why Ukraine has already killed a dozen Russian generals while trying to repel Russia’s invasion is that the United States is providing real-time targeting information to do just that, US officials said. before The New York Times. “The United States has focused on providing the location and other details of the mobile headquarters of the Russian military, which often moves,” the newspaper said. Officials would not say how many generals have helped Ukraine steer, doing so secretly so far “for fear it would be seen as an escalation and provoke Russian President Vladimir Putin into a wider war,” according to the Times. but they said they were not involved in the assassination of General Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, telling the newspaper that “the United States forbids providing intelligence on Russia’s top leaders.” A drone currently provided by the United States is noted in history, “it can be used to identify and kill individual soldiers and it can destroy a general sitting in a vehicle or giving orders on the front line.” Officials quoted in the story spoke anonymously, while a Pentagon spokesman said “we will not talk about the details of this information” while acknowledging that the United States is providing Ukraine with information and intelligence that it can use to to protect themselves. “
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