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>> now, sources tell cnn ukraine had some help from the u.s. in targeting russia's flagship destroyer, "moskva," last month. the warship sank, you might remember, on april 14th after ukrainian missile strikes. the sources say the ukrainians spotted the ship and then asked the americans for confirmation it was indeed the "moskva." the u.s. then provided intelligence about the ship and its location but was not involved in ukraine's decision to launch those missiles. the kremlin admits it's well aware that the u.s., uk and nato are sharing intelligence with ukraine, but the pentagon press secreta...

Black sea and reached out to the united states. to help to identify the ship and to pinpoint its location. once the u.s. had done so. ukraine targeted and sank that ship. but u.s. officials say they were involved in the decision to launch the strike, merely they positively identified it as sea. nbc reporting is one day after "the new york times" revealed u.s. intelligence helped ukraine target and kill russian generals on the front line, in both cases, the intelligence sharing was meant to help ukraine to defend itself and say a directive forbids sharing intelligence that is about russian lead...

The equipment. the second is the training and, increasingly, ukrainians are being trained on that equipment by the united states, by western allied countries outside of ukraine. but the third element, the element that has been there since the beginning, has been the intelligence sharing. this is very classic, the way the united states and western allies will undertake an indirect warfare campaign, by sharing intelligence. both strategic intelligence, what does putin intend to do, what do his military plans entail, and also specific, tactical intelligence, the whereabouts, the position of speci...

They will talk specifically what about ukraine needs to defend itself. >> so i would like this group to leave today with a transparent understanding of ukraine's near term security requirements, because we're going to keep moving heaven and earth so that we can meet them. >> we're joined by ken delaney who covers national security for us, as well as the intelligence staff to europe. when we talk about helping ukraine in this fight, sharing intel has been a big piece of this, and these very startling new details that you have as to how much of a difference that may have made in the early days o...

That's been a key factor here in the success of the ukrainian forces so far. >> absolutely. we should not be surprised by the intelligence sharing. if you remember, before the war, as we were seeing indicators that russia was building along the border there, we started sharing intelligence. then it prompted the rest of our european allies to start sharing intelligence. so this is the first time in my military career -- granted, i served in the military almost 40 years -- where we relaxed our stance and really started to share intelligence, particularly intelligence that is not a part of nato o...