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US intelligence helped Ukraine sink Moscow
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Before the strike, the Ukrainians asked the Americans about the ship sailing in the Black Sea south of Odessa.
The United States provided Ukraine with intelligence that helped hit the Russian cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. This was announced on Thursday, May 5, by the TV channel CNN citing sources in the US defense department familiar with the situation.
Journalists write that immediately after the strike, representatives of the Joe Biden administration were “scrupulously silent”, refusing to even confirm the fact of a strike on Moscow. But in recent days, US officials have confirmed that data from US intelligence sources was provided to Ukraine hours before the Neptune rockets were launched.
“Ukrainian forces, noticing a Russian warship in the Black Sea, contacted their American contacts to confirm that it was in fact the cruiser Moskva. The American side replied that this was the ship and provided intelligence on its location,” they said. sources.
At the same time, it is not specified whether the United States knew at that moment that the Ukrainian side was preparing a strike on the cruiser. As the interlocutors emphasized, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made the decision on this on their own, the United States was not involved in it.
Recall Russian spending on the war in Ukraine have already exceeded expectations by several times.
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