A US Navy (🇺🇸) P-8 Poseidon aircraft was reportedly tracking Moskva shortly before it was attacked.
Sources claimed that the marine patrol aircraft used its sea-surface radar and sonar buoys to provide weapons-quality tracks to Ukrainian forces, who targeted and sunk the ship.
Two things I want to clear up:
Yes, this is unconfirmed and could be inaccurate. I will delete the tweet if the story is confirmed false.
Some people are seeing this is unlikely. I disagree, P-8s have been spotted above northeastern Romania for weeks, likely to …
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.. track ships on the Black Sea. It isn’t a secret that the US is sharing intelligence with the Ukrainians as well.
That said, this could be seen as an escalation in the eyes of Russia. I sincerely hope that is not the case.
Important message for people thinking about volunteering to join the war in #Ukraine (🇺🇦).
“Advice to volunteers: This isn’t a game. What we are witnessing is a scale of combat that’s unprecedented in modern times. I’m an infantry veteran…
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… of the battles of Fallujah and Ramadi and even I’m questioning my qualifications for this. If you aren’t a professional soldier, don’t get involved.
Watching YouTube videos and receiving civilian level training just isn’t good enough. I’m sorry, I know…
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… you want to help, but it’s not good enough. You can help more by staying out of it.
Your ignorance of conventional warfare will get yourself, or those around you killed. Light discipline. Crossing danger areas. Treating sucking chest wounds. Self-aid, buddy aid.
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