An American plane patrols the Black Sea in the hours before “Moscow” was hit by Ukrainian missiles, The times can reveal.
The Boeing P8 Poseidon was 100 miles from Moscow on the day the Russian cruiser suffered catastrophic damage.
Hundreds of sailors are believed to have died when the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was hit by at least one Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missile. Its sinking drastically reduced the likelihood of an airborne attack on Odessa and dealt a blow to Russia’s capabilities in the Black Sea.
The P8, which costs around £ 330 million, is the most advanced aircraft for submarine hunting and tracking of warships in the US arsenal. It can launch sonobui over open water to detect enemy ships
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