“Bragging”? Though this report is confounding in that some “US Oficials”

went on record with a news agency to say US intelligence assisted in taking out a Russian destroyer, it’s hardly bragging.

In fact this is also in the article -

“In a statement released after this story was published, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the U.S. did not provide Ukraine with "specific targeting information for the Moskva."

"We were not involved in the Ukrainians’ decision to strike the ship or in the operation they carried out," Kirby added. "We had no prior knowledge of Ukraine’s intent to target the ship. The Ukrainians have their own intelligence capabilities to track and target Russian naval vessels, as they did in this case."