US Intelligence Helped Ukrainians Kill Numerous Russian Generals: New York Times

The New York Times has published an article stating that US intelligence assisted Ukrainians in killing multiple Russian generals. According to the BBC's Russian service Telegram channel, the article references anonymous sources from the US.

According to the article, the sources indicated that intelligence data provided by the US was used for the killings of Russian generals. At the same time, the sources noted that not all strikes were based on American data, specifically citing the strike on the command post in Izyum on April 30, which allegedly housed the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, at that time, and was not based on American information.

Russia has not confirmed the strike on Izyum or Gerasimov's trip to Eastern Ukraine. However, US intelligence community sources disclosed this information to the media a few days ago. Some Ukrainian officials even claimed that Gerasimov himself was caught in the crossfire and was wounded, but no one has substantiated these claims—neither other Ukrainian officials, nor Americans, nor Moscow.

In today's New York Times article, sources assert that Washington does not allow the use of its data for assassination attempts against Russia's higher military leadership, including the Chief of General Staff.

Ukraine claims that since the beginning of the war, 12 high-ranking Russian officers have been killed on the battlefield, which is considered an abnormal number by Western military standards, according to Western experts. Russia has officially confirmed the deaths of two deputy commanders—Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky and Major General Vladimir Frolov.

The United States has recently openly acknowledged that it shares a broad range of intelligence with Ukraine. NATO allies of the US are also providing information from their intelligence agencies to Kyiv.