GEOFF BENNETT: Today, we also learned that Iran# is receiving intelligence support from Russia.

Our Nick Schifrin joins us now.

So, Nick, let's start there.# What kind of intelligence?

NICK SCHIFRIN: Two officials with -- who# have been briefed on this intelligence## tell me that Russia has shared satellite data# that provides the real-time movement of American## troops since Saturday, since the war began.

That# confirms a report first in The Washington Post.

The officials say the data includes movement of# ships, movement of aircraft as they move into the## region, as they move throughout the region.

Now,# the context for this is Iran's ongoing attacks,## attempted attacks on U.S.

troops, but also# ongoing attacks on U.S.

bases and embassies,## for example, this drone attack that crashed into# the Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain,## an attack on a tactical operations# center in Kuwait on a base.

You see the damage in the bottom right there.# That killed six U.S.

soldiers in a facility## that the soldiers' family members say was# not reinforced.

An attack like this one on## the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia that we# saw yesterday, close call for the cameraman there.

But I spoke to two former senior intelligence# officials and two former senior military## officials with extensive knowledge of the# region who say let's put this in a little## bit of perspective.

Iran already has access to# commercial satellite data, which is often very## good.

Iran has already been taking photos# of U.S.

bases and embassies for many years.

Iran and Russia do not rehearse the sharing# of real-time intelligence like this,## and that would require networks anyway that# the U.S.

is trying to take down.

And Iran does## not need Russian intelligence to attack static# targets like those bases, like those embassies.

For example, air defense radars and some of these# embassies are actually on Google maps.

That said,## the intelligence could help if Iran# were to target things that are moving,## ships that have just arrived,# aircrafts that have just arrived.

And a current U.S.

official tells me, look, their# number one priority is protecting the force.## And it would be an understatement# to suggest that Russia sharing this## intelligence with Iran as it's at war# with the United States was a concern.

GEOFF BENNETT: Well, what are# the political implications of## Russia choosing to help Iran in this way?

NICK SCHIFRIN: Yes, I think that's a really# important question, because the former officials## I talked to say, regardless of how much this# is actually helping Iran target U.S.

forces,## we have not seen Russia being willing to take# the step before, sharing real-time intelligence## that could target U.S.

troops, and what kind# of military-military collaboration long-term## that could lead to, whether air defense# or Russian political advisers in Iran.

As for the White House today, Karoline Leavitt,# the spokesperson of the White House, said this.

KAROLINE LEAVITT, White House Press Secretary:# That clearly is not making a difference with## respect to the military operations in Iran# because we are completely decimating them.## As I said earlier, we have taken out# nearly 30 of their ships.

Their navy## has been deemed combat-ineffective, 90# percent reduction in ballistic missile## retaliatory strikes against the United States# and our Gulf Arab and partners in the region.

So, of course,## we are achieving the military objectives of# this operation and that is going to continue.

NICK SCHIFRIN: And that's what the military# argues, Geoff, that as this war continues,## the U.S.

is taking out missile and drone# capabilities of Iran and so all of those## attacks that we have seen on the Gulf on U.S.# bases and embassies, those are going way down.

GEOFF BENNETT: Nick Schifrin, thanks, as always.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Thank you.