According to an American official, the targeting assistance was provided to Ukraine to ensure accuracy of strikes and economy of ammunition.

For most of the strikes against the objects of the Russian occupiers from missile systems provided by the United States, Ukrainian defenders use information transmitted or confirmed by representatives of the Pentagon.

“Ukrainian officials say they need coordinates provided or confirmed by the United States and its allies for the vast majority of strikes using advanced US-supplied missile systems. Leaks confirmed by three senior Ukrainian officials and a senior US official As Kyiv several months struck Russian targets, including headquarters, ammunition depots and barracks, on Ukrainian territory using the US-provided High Mobility Artillery Missile System (HIMARS) and other similar high-precision weapons, such as the M270 multiple rocket launcher system,” The Washington Post writes.

A senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledged America’s key role in the matter. He told the publication that the targeting aid served to ensure accuracy and conserve limited ammunition supplies for maximum effectiveness. At the same time, he noted that Ukraine does not seek approval from the United States on why to strike, and usually strikes Russian forces on its own with other weapons. According to the official, the US is providing coordinates and accurate targeting information only in an advisory role.

At the same time, high-ranking Pentagon officials for several days refused to answer questions about whether Ukraine was provided with coordinates for strikes and in what way. The refusal to answer was explained by concerns about operational security. Instead, the US Department of Defense issued a statement emphasizing the limitations of America’s involvement in the matter.

“We have long recognized that we share intelligence with Ukraine to help them defend their country against Russian aggression, and we have since optimized how we share information to be able to support their requests and their targeting processes with greater speed and scale. The Ukrainians carry responsibility for finding targets, prioritizing them, and then ultimately deciding which ones to attack. The US does not approve targets, and we have no part in selecting or defeating targets,” Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said in a statement.

At the same time, a Ukrainian official told reporters that the American military does not always provide the requested coordinates. In this case, the Ukrainian military does not fire “blindly”.

“Ukraine could launch strikes without US help, but since Kyiv does not want to waste valuable ammunition and miss, it usually prefers not to launch strikes without US confirmation, the official said, adding that there are no complaints about this process,” the article said. .

Strikes on objects of the occupiers in Ukraine

On February 8, 2023, Ukrainian defenders entered the military airfield in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia region. More than 100 Russian invaders were eliminated.

On the night of January 25, soldiers of the 28th separate mechanized brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign delivered a powerful blow to the invaders. MT-12 “Rapira” was used to defeat the enemy.

At the same time, Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the NSDC, said that Ukraine has its own weapons to defeat targets on the territory of Russia and nothing will prevent it from doing so.