INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
pushed back on a previous report saying United States intelligence has allowed Kyiv to kill Russian generals.Ukrainian forces targeted the
Moskva on April 13 after asking the United States to help identify and confirm its location in the Black Sea, the broadcaster cited unnamed
own anti-ship missiles without advance United States knowledge.The Russian Navy reportedly pulled back from the Ukrainian coast in the
aftermath of the attack following a weeks-long blockade.Russia admitted one death and 27 crew members going missing in what it said was a
United States policy explicitly bans the sharing of lethal targeting intelligence about Russian civilian and military leaders, NBC News
cited two officials as saying.Other outlets previously reported that the Biden administration had changed a classified directive last month
lifting geographic limits on actionable information on potential targets in Ukraine.The White House and Pentagon have sought to avoid
provoking Russia into a broader conflict beyond Ukraine's borders by limiting knowledge of the full extent of the United States
assistance.Washington's support for Ukraine has only grown, and become more forthright, since the Russians invaded on Feb
24."We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine," United States
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said after a visit to Kyiv in late April.AFP contributed reporting.
