In a hot war against russia and so are we whether we know it or not. the new york times just ran this headline, u.s. intelligence is helping ukraine kill russian generals. oh, no big deal. party for the paper, the united states provided intelligence about russian units that has allowed ukrainians to target and kill many of the russian generals who died in action in ukraine more, according to senior american officials. so they are bragging about it. and not just that they are nbc news reports biden officials are also bragging about helping to shoot only russian transport plane carrying hundreds of russian troops, and then tonight, since being here, tonight the administration is saying out loud it is to help sink a russian warship. why are they doing this? more baffling, why are they taking credit for it in public? why would you tell people you are doing that? there is only one reason because you want war with russia
Action in the ukraine war. this new reporting from the times would help explain why so many russian commanders and generals have found themselves on the wrong end of ukrainian missiles. and it would be consistent with nbc s own reporting from last month which said that the u.s. is providing near realtime intelligence on russia s military movements, but after the new york times published today s story, saying u.s. intelligence was helping ukraine kill russian generals, jean oru.s. military intelligence officials started pushing back in very strong terms. a spokesperson from the national security council called the story s headline misleading and called the story itself irresponsible. they said, quote, the united states provides battlefield intelligence to help the ukrainians defend their country. we do not provide intelligence with the intent to kill russian generals. end quote. but a little bit later the pentagon spokesman john kirby