russian media: ukrainian army can obtain us satellite images to attack kursk
2024-08-29
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reference news reported on august 29according to a report by the russian satellite news agency on august 29, vice admiral frank whitworth, director of the u.s. national geospatial-intelligence agency, stated at a national security and intelligence conference on the 28th that the ukrainian armed forces could obtain hundreds of thousands of satellite images provided by the united states for attacking kursk oblast.
“we make commercial images available through a portal called g-egd, which has more than 400,000 records,” whitworth noted.
however, he did not say directly that kiev was using data from american portals to attack russia.
"if this is something they were using in their limited activities in kursk, then i would check with them," whitworth concluded, according to the report. "but access is always maintained."
it is reported that earlier in the day, the cia discussed with kiev the actions of the ukrainian army within the framework of the attack on kursk oblast. it is reported that the ukrainian army is building fortifications in order to gain a foothold in this area for some time.
