The Navy has denied NYT information about  » Moscow  »: Operation was performed exclusively on their own

Dmitry Pletenchuk, Facebook photo

The spokesman for the Navy Dmitry Pletenchuk denied the information of The New York Times that Ukraine allegedly received the coordinates of the Moscow cruiser from the United States and that it was expected to coordinate such strikes.

Source: Pletenchuk on the air

Direct language: « The information you just voiced is not true. In the first place, in the context that we did not receive any coordinates on the location of the Moscow cruiser and the operation to destroy this flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was fully planned and executed exclusively by the Naval Forces.

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Of course, we agreed to draw a fire lesion with a higher management according to the subordination structure, having received the appropriate permission. And this is, of course, the Ukrainian leadership. And they struck.

Therefore, information on coordination and providing accurate information and location is not true, as well as information that it had to be agreed. « 

That preceded: March 30, The New York Times wrote about The negative reaction of the United States after Ukraine defeat the Moscow missile cruiser April 14, 2022.

As it was said, in mid-April 2022, American and Ukrainian naval officers found « something unexpected » on the radars, and US representatives told the Ukrainians that it was a cruiser « Moscow ».

The publication also claims that after the cruiser’s defeat, « Americans were angry because the Ukrainians did not warn about it; surprised that Ukraine had rockets capable of reaching the ship; and panicked, because Baiden’s administration did not intend to allow Ukrainians to attack such a powerful symbol of Russian power. »