Ukrainians Good At Targeting Russian Generals, Pentagon Says

The Pentagon has denied helping Ukraine target Russian generals, contrary to the report by the New York Times on May 4, spokesman John Kirby said.

Photo Insert: A Ukrainian soldier in the trenches

What the US does is supply Ukraine with military intelligence “to help Ukrainians defend their country.”

However, “we do not provide intelligence on the location of senior military leaders on the battlefield or participate in the targeting decisions of the Ukrainian military,” Kirby said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has fired more than 2,000 missiles at Ukraine and sent 2,682 Russian warplanes to devastate his country. Ukraine’s military reported that Russia has lost 24,700 troops in Ukraine.

Other losses include 1,092 tanks, 2,651 armored personnel carriers, 1,907 vehicles and fuel tanks, 499 artillery systems, 169 multiple launch rocket systems, 83 anti-aircraft defense systems, 155 helicopters, 196 aircraft, 312 UAVs, and 10 boats since Feb. 24, 2022.

Also destroyed by Ukraine’s Air Force on May 5 were 15 Russian aerial targets, with 14 Orlan drones knocked out and one plane destroyed by an anti-aircraft missile unit.

Russian forces also attacked positions they left in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. The Ukraine General Staff said Russian forces carried out a number of attacks on settlements that had been liberated by the Ukrainian army.

In Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine’s army repelled 11 attacks and destroyed eight tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, and five other vehicles, Kyiv Independent reported.

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