NEW: The US has provided intelligence that has helped Ukrainians target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action in the Ukraine war, according to senior American officials. w/ @helenecooper & @EricSchmittNYT nytimes.com/2022/05/04/us/… The United States has focused on providing the location and other details about the Russian military’s mobile headquarters, which relocate frequently.

As bad as the war in Ukraine has been, some military analysts and Western officials are asking why the onslaught has not been even worse. @antontroian with a little help from his friends. nytimes.com/2022/05/03/wor… For weeks, officials in Washington have discussed why the Russian military has not been more aggressive in trying to destroy the supply lines that send Western arms shipments into Ukraine.

SCOOP: Remember the Maryland couple that tried to sell US submarine secrets only to get caught by the FBI? The country had been undisclosed. Until now. It wasn’t a close ally like France. It wasn’t an adversary like Russia. It was Brazil. nytimes.com/2022/03/15/us/… The identity of the nation has until now remained shielded by federal prosecutors and other government officials. But, according to a senior Brazilian official and other people briefed on the investigation, Jonathan Toebbe approached Brazil nearly two years ago with an offer.

NEW: U.S. intelligence has uncovered a plan by Russia to use a fabricated video as pretext for an attack on Ukraine.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/us/… The plan builds on the recent disinformation barrage by Moscow accusing Ukrainians of genocide. nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/…

BREAKING: The C.I.A. has found that most cases of the mysterious ailments known as Havana syndrome are unlikely to have been caused by Russia or another foreign adversary, agency officials said, a conclusion that angered victims. nytimes.com/2022/01/20/us/… The C.I.A. is continuing its investigation into two dozen cases that remain unexplained. Those cases, said a U.S. official briefed on the findings, offer the greatest chance of yielding clues to whether a foreign power is responsible for some of the unexplained health incidents.

By July intelligence reports were painting a grim picture of Afghanistan, even as President Biden was warning, wrongly, that the end would not look like Vietnam. New from @MarkMazzettiNYT, @adamgoldmanNYT and me. nytimes.com/2021/08/17/us/… One report in July — as dozens of Afghan districts were falling and Taliban fighters were laying siege to several major cities — laid out the growing risks to Kabul, noting that the Afghan government was unprepared for a Taliban assault.

At INSA talk, @RGB_Lights says Solar Winds hack "is a significant compromise." Joyce, now the NSA liason in London, notes that the UK has one cyber defense entity under the GCHQ, while the US divides defense between NSA and CISA.

NEW: An additional group of C.I.A. officers have reported incidents similar to the mysterious Havana Syndrome attacks in Cuba including a reported attack in Moscow on @Mpolymer in December 2017. New report by @AnaSwanson, @ewong & me. nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/… The new group of C.I.A. officers also include senior officials travelling overseas from Washington for meetings with partner intelligence services to coordinate action to counter Russian operations.

Declassified American intelligence says Russian spy services pushing disinformation. GRU has been using sites like OneWorld Press to spread pandemic falsehoods. SVR has directed a pro-Russian think tank that attacked a Democratic candidate for Congress. nytimes.com/2020/07/28/us/… “They want to sow dissent and reduce confidence among Americans in our democracy and make democracy look bad worldwide,” said @EvelynNFarkas

Trump to cut troops in Germany. @michaelcrowley and I confirm the reporting of @wsj nytimes.com/2020/06/05/wor… “The reason we have troops overseas in Germany is not to protect Germans, everything we have is for our benefit,” said Frederick B. Hodges, a retired lieutenant general and a former top U.S. Army commander in Europe. “The decision doesn’t seem attached to any kind of strategy.”

NEW: A look into Trump’s intelligence briefings led by Beth Sanner. @adamgoldmanNYT and I report. nytimes.com/2020/05/21/us/… Trump has said a Jan 23 intel briefing by Sanner played down the virus, a statement backed up by the ODNI.

China takes a playbook from Russia as it spreads disinformation about Russia, utilizing same conspiracy sites and same strategy: sowing doubt. nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/… In the days to come, China is likely to back off the public spread of disinformation and more fully embrace the more subtle Russian-style approach, relying on its intelligence services, senior American intelligence officials assessed.