The Pentagon on Friday denied multiple reports that it helped Ukrainian forces sink the popular Russian warship Moskva in the Black Sea sometime last month in a stunning setback for Moscow’s invasion.
‘We did not provide Ukraine with specific targeting information for the Moskva,’ Pentagon spokesman John Kirby stated in a statement.
Kirby further went on to posit that the US had ‘no prior knowledge‘ of the plan by the Ukrainians to strike the ship, which sank April 13, leaving a still-unclear number of Russian sailors dead or missing.
‘We were not involved in the Ukrainians’ decision to strike the ship or in the operation they carried out,’ Kirby added.
‘The Ukrainians have their own intelligence capabilities to track and target Russian naval vessels, as they did in this case,’ he said.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that the US media have reported in recent days that it was the United States that helped Ukraine identify and target the Moskva as well as Russian generals while they are in the field.
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Ukraine has been particularly successful in attacking Russian command positions, and, according to reports, came close last week to striking a location near the front lines in the Donbas region where Russia’s top general, Valery Gerasimov, was believed to be visiting troops.
Ukraine’s forces may have shelled the location just a few hours after Gerasimov had left, the unconfirmed reports said.
On Thursday Kirby insisted that reports that the Ukrainians used specific US intelligence to kill several Russian generals were false.
Meanwhile, Africa Today News, New York can confirm that Washington is supplying billions of dollars’ worth of military equipment and munitions to Ukraine and is training their forces on how to operate them.