Geo located it and attacked his location, killing him and his staff, end quote. the detail about ukrainian tracking russian military 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 bernstein, barnes and eric schmidt. we ve seen since then astounding number of reports about russian military leaders being 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 like the new york times, and even by russian media itself. today we got this provocative headline from the times. quote, 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
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
General officials are talk on unsecured phones, and radios. in at least one instance, they said, ukrainians intercepted and generals call, geo located it, and attacked his location, killing him, and his staff. then, there is russia s loss of costly military hardware. the wall street journal with this report. ukraine has become a graveyard for russian tanks, with analysts saying, this is likely the highest number of tanks destroyed in such a short period since world war ii. now, all of this bad news having repercussions in moscow. russian news resources of voted that vladimir putin had two of his top intelligence officials under house arrest. a russian security expert tells the times, the two men were interrogated for providing poor intelligence, ahead of the invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, the russian military is reporting it so desperate for new soldiers, recruiters are targeting, and pressuring, central asian immigrants, working in russia.
7000 is the number of marines killed in 36 days of fighting, on evil jima. one of the fiercest battles of world war ii. 7000, greater than the number of american troops, in 20 years in iraq, and afghanistan, combined. it is not just a casualty numbers of point to a russian army in disarray. today, it is echoing what american defense officials have been saying. the russian invasion of ukraine, largely stalled on all fronts, as they fend off constant, ukrainian counterattacks. for russian generals, reportedly, killed in the fighting. the general say, to maybe pushing closer to the front lines, to try to boost flagging morale among the russian troops, making the more vulnerable to attack themselves. the new york times reports, quote, to american military officials say, many russian general officials are talk on unsecured phones, and radios. in at least one instance, they said, ukrainians intercepted and generals call, geo located
It was unnecessary to be there. then you get to the next level. were those documents sensitive? we don t have a direct answer from the white house. if they were, that would be frankly a gross violation. i mean, even behind closed doors, there are very strict rules. i had a security clearance. they used to have marines walk around the office to make sure they weren t left on your desk let alone reviewed in the midst of a crowd lit up by unsecured phones. they re basically traveling cameras with the possibility, which is very possible that they could be hacked. all of that very strange. and requires hard answers from the white house as to what exactly happened there and why. in addition to having the discussions both on the phone and with a very close ally, prime minister abe there as they did that, we are seeing criticism, of course, coming from democrats, the house majority leader minority leader i should say, nancy pelosi, tweeting a short time ago, this criticism saying that there