Leaders through unsecured phones and radios was first reported in the very last paragraph of a new york times story by reporters helene cooper, julian barnes and eric schmitt. since then, we ve seen an astounding number of reports about senior level russian military leaders killed in action in ukraine. now, nbc news cannot verify each and every one of these reports but at least a few of them have been verified by news outlets likele new york times and even by russian media itself and today we got this provocative headline from the times, u.s. intelligence is helping ukraine kill russian generals, officials say. now, the story is written by the same three reporters who broke that story about the russian generals being targeted through their phones, just three weeks into the war. according to the new report, the united states has been providing ukraine with intelligence on russia s military units which quote has allowed ukrainians to target and kill many of the russian generals who