{"id":1465720,"date":"2022-05-05T19:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T23:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465720"},"modified":"2022-05-05T19:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T23:15:05","slug":"ukraine-sank-russian-warship-with-u-s-intel-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-sank-russian-warship-with-u-s-intel-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Sank Russian Warship With U.S. Intel, Officials Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-sank-russian-warship-with-u-s-intel-officials-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Moskva-scaled-e1651791330273.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>U.S. officials have revealed that Ukraine used U.S. intelligence to sink the Russian warship Moskva last month, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/us-intel-helped-ukraine-sink-russian-flagship-moskva-officials-say-rcna27559\"><span>NBC News<\/span><\/a><span> reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Russian cruiser <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russias-most-important-warship-has-officially-sunk-report\"><span>sank<\/span><\/a><span> on April 14 after <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russian-navys-flagship-in-black-sea-badly-damaged-ukraine-claims-they-hit-it-with-missiles-report\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> being hit by Ukrainian missiles the day before. At the time, the Moskva was Russia\u2019s \u201cmost important\u201d warship, carrying an estimated crew of 510.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe attack happened after Ukrainian forces asked the Americans about a ship sailing in the Black Sea south of Odesa, U.S. officials told NBC News,\u201d the news outlet reported. \u201cThe U.S. identified it as the Moskva, officials said, and helped confirm its location, after which the Ukrainians targeted the ship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Officials reportedly told NBC News that they did not know Ukraine would use U.S. intelligence to attack the Russian warship. The officials also confirmed that the U.S. was not involved in any decision to launch missiles at the Moskva. \u201cMaritime intelligence is shared with Ukraine to help it defend against attack from Russian ships, officials added,\u201d according to NBC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Russia initially denied that Ukrainian missiles had destroyed their flagship, claiming the ship sank after an ammunition explosion and fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe 12,500 tonne ship has a crew of around 500,\u201d Reuters <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2022-04-13\/russia-says-major-ship-in-black-sea-fleet-badly-damaged-in-blast-interfax\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> at the time. \u201cRussian news agencies said the Moskva was armed with 16 anti-ship \u2018Vulkan\u2019 cruise missiles, which have a range of at least 700 km (440 miles).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The new information from U.S. officials comes after President Joe Biden made multiple <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-joe-bidens-gaslighting-work-on-vladimir-putin\"><span>comments<\/span><\/a><span> that could be viewed by Russia as escalating tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In March, Biden told U.S. troops in Poland they would see the bravery of Ukrainians when they were \u201cthere.\u201d The next day, he seemingly called for Putin to be removed from office, saying he \u201ccannot remain in power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine will never be a victory for Russia, for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. We will have a different future, a brighter future, rooted in democracy and principle, hope and light, of decency and dignity of freedom and possibilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden added, \u201cFor God\u2019s sake, this man cannot remain in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Then in early April, Biden doubled down on calling Putin \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/he-is-a-war-criminal-biden-says-putin-should-face-trial-after-bucha-killings\"><span>a war criminal<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d after reports surfaced of civilians being killed in Bucha. \u201cYou may remember I got criticized for calling Putin a war criminal,\u201d the president said. \u201cWell, the truth of the matter, you saw what happened in Bucha. This warrants \u2014 he is a war criminal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. officials have revealed that Ukraine used U.S. intelligence to sink the Russian warship Moskva last month, NBC News reported.The Russian cruiser sank on April 14 after reportedly being hit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1481802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}