Ukrainian soldiers on an armored personnel carrier near Kyiv. File photoWASHINGTON, May 12 In light of recent media leaks, the U.S. administration has developed guidelines for sharing intelligence information with Kyiv, which include, among other things, a ban on sharing data on Russian military commanders and targets outside of Ukraine, writes the Washington Post, citing American and Ukrainian officials.
"The administration has developed an intelligence-sharing guideline that aims to avoid escalating tensions between Washington and Moscow. The document is intended for working-level intelligence officials and imposes two broad bans on the categories of data that the United States can share with Ukraine, officials said.
According to her, the first ban concerns the transfer to Kyiv of «detailed information that would help take the lives of representatives of the Russian command,» including high-ranking officers. This also applies to the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu, the sources say. , that, for reasons of caution, Washington nevertheless decided not to provide Kyiv with data on the generals of the Russian army.»We know everything about Russians.» How Western intelligence is helping the Ukrainian army can commit on the territory of Russia,» the newspaper's sources say. Information about the location and movement of Russian troops participating in a special military operation in Ukraine is transmitted to Kyiv «in real time,» the publication says. It includes satellite imagery, as well as reports received «from confidential sources in the United States.» The interlocutors emphasize that although the American side provides Kyiv with its data «in self-defense», in practice Washington has «very limited control» over how the Ukrainian military will further use the information. /wp-content/uploads/2022/05/90194b3eb3a7e020d12d5a737b4e10d8.jpg» />Congress approved initiatives to isolate Russia and tighten sanctionsAmerican media previously reported that the United States provided Ukraine with intelligence about the Moskva cruiser, which was later denied by the Pentagon. In addition, it was reported that Washington was secretly transmitting to Ukraine information about the events on the battlefield «in real time», including details of the movements of Russian troops after the announcement of the second phase of the special operation; on the basis of these data, attacks were allegedly carried out that led to the death of Russian officers. The US Department of Defense said that Washington does not provide Kyiv with information about the whereabouts of Russian commanders on the battlefield. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.