How US military aids Ukraine with information, not just weaponry
When a news story leaked last month that Washington is helping Ukraine kill Russian generals through United States intelligence tips, Pentagon officials quickly took to the podium to clarify a few things.
“We do not provide intelligence on the location of senior [Russian] military leaders on the battlefield, or participate in the targeting decisions of the Ukrainian military,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters in a May 5 briefing.
The U.S. does indeed share secrets with Kyiv, which are “timely” as well as “useful,” to help the country defend itself, he said.
“Certainly there is an element of curation” also involved before this classified information is passed along, to protect America’s spies and their methods.
Beyond that, U.S. officials declined to give more
