Bogdan Frolov14:09, 30.03.25

It is reported that Ukraine did not even warn the American side about the preparation of the operation.

The US was angry when Ukraine hit the cruiser Moskva in mid-April 2022 and did not inform the American side about it.

About two weeks before the meeting in Wiesbaden, American and Ukrainian naval officers were conducting another intelligence-sharing session when “something unexpected” appeared on their radars, The New York Times reports .

According to a former senior American military official, the Americans then reported that it was the cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. And the Ukrainians soon successfully sank it.

It was a remarkable victory—a demonstration of Ukrainian skill and Russian incompetence. But the episode also reflected the fragmented state of Ukrainian-American relations in the early weeks of the war.

“The Americans were surprised that Ukraine even had missiles capable of hitting the ship; and they were concerned because the Biden administration had no intention of giving Ukraine the opportunity to attack such a powerful ‘symbol of Russian power,'” the material says.

Other news about the cruiser “Moscow”

UNIAN previously reported on new facts about the sinking of the cruiser “Moskva”. “It was one of those operations that takes place in a fairly short time. I can’t say that we weren’t preparing for it. That’s why it’s such a synergy – a little luck, a lot of preparation and, accordingly, calculation,” – said Dmytro Pletenchuk, a representative of the Ukrainian Navy, on a telethon.

In addition, former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny told what Russia’s main mistake in this story was. According to him, the problem of the occupiers was that they did not expect any actions from Ukraine towards the cruiser.

(C)UNIAN 2025