Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that US troops did not provide any support to the Ukrainian Navy boats when they attacked the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the battle near Snake Island. It is reported by TASS.
According to him, the claims of the Russian Federation that the United States was somehow involved in the naval operations of Ukraine near the island of Serpents are false.
"We did not provide intelligence and surveillance support or any other kind of support," Kirby's spokesman said.
On the eve it became known that Kyiv has lost control over the island of Serpents in the Black Sea. More details - in the material.
Snake Island is part of the Kiliya district of the Odessa region. It is located near the Ukrainian-Romanian border, the nearest settlement on the coast is the Romanian city of Sulina. The area of the island is approximately 20.5 hectares.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a bill on general mobilization to the Verkhovna Rada.
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