Wednesday, December 29, 2021

U.S. Spy Planes Fly Over Eastern Ukraine

CNN: US flies reconnaissance aircraft over eastern Ukraine 

(CNN)The US Air Force flew a reconnaissance mission this week over eastern Ukraine to gather intelligence about the situation on the ground -- two days after Russia announced it would withdraw 10,000 troops from its border with that nation. 

Monday's flight was the first time an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft has flown over the region, according to Lt. Cmdr. Russ Wolfkiel, a spokesman for US European Command. 

While the Pentagon has not revealed exactly what intelligence the aircraft was gathering, Wolfkiel told CNN that the US "routinely operates aircraft in the Black Sea region in support of various US and coalition intelligence objectives."  

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WNU Editor: I am willing to bet this is one of the reasons why Putin wants to speak to Biden tomorrow .... Biden And Putin To Hold New Phone Call Thursday Evening (Moscow Time). 

U.S. Spy Planes Fly Over Eastern Ukraine  

US sends recon plane flying over Ukraine as Russian military activities nearby continue to cause alarm -- Business Insider  

Pentagon says it flew reconnaissance mission over Ukraine this week -- The Hill  

U.S. Air Force E-8 JSTARS Radar Jet Flies Rare Sortie Directly Over Eastern Ukraine -- Warzone/The Drive 

US Spy Plane Reporteldy Conducts First Flight Over Eastern Ukraine to Gather Intelligence -- Sputnik 

Two American Spy Planes Just Flew Right Over Ukraine. Their Mission: Map the Nearby Russian Army -- Forbes

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Putin would not want the Americans capture any Russian elint coming inside the borders of Ukraine. So try to browbeat your adversary/competitor/enemy,

Jac said...

Well, Putin is taken on his own word. That's interesting.