Wants the world or maybe russia to understand its involvement in the war. nbc news has reported yet another story about how u.s. intelligence is playing a key role in ukrainian attacks. according to u.s. officials, u.s. intelligence sharing help helped ukraine to carry out the missile strike that sunk the moskva, the flagship of the russian fleet. about a ship sailing in the black sea south of odessa, u.s. officials told nbc news. the u.s. identified as the moskva, officials said, and helped confirm its location, after which the ukrainians targeted the ship. tonight, the new york times is also independently confirmed that report. so, what does this reporting mean for the ongoing conflict in ukraine, and how should we interpret this response that it is generated within our own government? joining us now is the new york times national security reporter julian barnes, who s the lead byline on that story about u.s. intelligence been
Intelligence playing a key role in ukrainian attack, according to official, u.s. intelligence sharing helped ukraine carry out the missile strike that targeted the russian black sea vessel the moskva, the attack happened after ukrainian forces asked the americans about a ship sailing in the black sea, and identified it as the moskva and helped confirm the location, after which the ukrainians targeted the ship. tonight the new york times has independently confirmed that report. so what does this reporting mean for the ongoing conflict in ukraine? and how should we interpret the response that it generated inside our own government? joining us now is the new york times national security reporter julian barnes, he is the lead by line on that story, about u.s. intelligence being used to target russian generals. julian, thank you for joining us tonight. i have to ask you, you ve been doing this for a long time, you report on these things,
United states. the premier ship in the black sea sank after it was hit by missiles fired by the ukrainians. moscow claims it sank because a fire on board caused ammunition to explode. it happened after ukrainian forces asked american intelligence about a ship sailing in the black sea. the u.s. confirmed it was the russian ship and gave the location. the u.s. was not involved in the decision to strike the warship. willie, this obviously raises a number of questions. it does. richard haass has a few comments about that. this was days after the reporting that officials said american intelligence has been helped to kill russian generals. ukraine claims to have killed 12 generals on the front lines. american officials didn t give a
Good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday. may 6th. vladimir putin s most embarrassing loss to ukrainian forces came out of shared intelligence from the united states. the moskva, russia s premiere war ship in the black sea sunk three weeks ago after it was hit by missiles fired by the ukrainians, moscow says the fire on board caused ammunition to explode. u.s. officials tell nbc news that the attack happened after ukrainian forces asked the american intelligence about a ship sailing in the black sea. the u.s. confirmed it was the moskva and gave the ukrainian location. and the u.s. says it was not involved in the decision to strike the war ship. it comes a day after senior officials from the new york times and american intelligence has been used to help ukrainian forces kill several russian generals. ukraine claims to have killed 12 generals on the front line.