Pentagon denies Russias claim that its highly
likely US used surveillance drones to help Ukrainian
navy
From CNNs Nathan Hodge and Vasco Cotovio in Moscow and Oren Lieberman at the Pentagon
The Pentagon has dng over the Black Sea to help the
Ukrainian Navy attack its vessels
On the evening of February 25 during the evacuation of 82 Ukrainian servicemen who voluntarily
laid down their arms from Zmeiny Zmiiny Island 16 boats of the Ukrainian Navy using the swarm
tactics tried tohe attack by Ukrainian boats
over the provocation area US strategic unmanned aerial vehicles RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-9A
Reaper were overhead
It is highly likely that it was American UAVs that directed Ukrainian boats at the ships of the
Russian Black Sea Fleet Konashenkov said
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby denied the claims
Russian claims that the United States was involved in any way with Ukrainian naval
operations near the Zmiiny Island are false We did not provide ISR or any other support Chalk
this up to just one more lie by the Russian Min
Russia, we know that the United States helped Ukraine with drones.
It’s not the United States. We didn’t help Ukrainian troops on Bam Island.
Just think of it as one of the many lies that the Russian Ministry of National Defense tells.
He’s a Russian man.