US intelligence is helping Ukraine kill Russian generals, officials say

The intelligence provided by USA to the army of Ukraine allowed the assassination of several Russian generals near the front lines, the New York Timesciting anonymous sources in the US intelligence service.

Washington’s intelligence efforts to help Ukraine in the fighting were “concentrated on determining the location and other details of the mobile headquarters of the Russian army, which is mobilized regularly”wrote the American newspaper.

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According to senior officials quoted on condition of anonymity, this information, combined with that of the Ukraine, as well as the interception of communications, allowed artillery attacks against high-ranking Russian officers.

The anonymous sources did not offer names of the fallen, the New York Times said.

The Pentagon did not respond to an AFP request for comment.

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On Monday, the Pentagon officially said that the chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimovvisited the front line in the region of donbasin the east of Ukrainefor “several days” last week, suggesting that Russian military brass were closing in on the fighting.

But the Pentagon did not confirm rumors that Gerasimov is injured.

An adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister said on Sunday that many Russian officers had been hit in an “explosion” in Izum, eastern Ukraine, adding that the Russian chief of staff was at the scene. However, another Ukrainian official said he had not been injured.

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The Ukrainians have repeatedly claimed to have assassinated Russian generals on the ground since the invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.

US assistance to Ukraine in terms of intelligence, which Washington does not reveal, it adds to the billions of dollars in military equipment delivered – in a more transparent way – to the kyiv army, including anti-tank weapons, ammunition and, more recently, heavy artillery, helicopters and drones .

Source: Elcomercio