The American E-8 Joint STARS reconnaissance aircraft in the morning of December 30 made its second flight over the east of Ukraine in recent days. Such information is reported by CNN.

Data with reference to the source published in the official Twitter channel. According to available information, the flight was made a few hours before the scheduled conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden.

On the eve of CNN, referring to the European command of the US armed forces, reported that "the flight made on December 27 was the first time that a JSTARS aircraft was engaged in collecting data in the airspace of Ukraine."

At the same time, the authors of the Voenniy Obozrevatel Telegram channel write with reference to their sources that on December 27 there were two reconnaissance aircraft. Also, according to them, the first reconnaissance flight over the region was carried out by RC-135W Rivet Joint on December 11. Then the US Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint for the first time passed directly over Kiev, then along the line of contact and the northern borders of Crimea. Then he turned around and continued reconnaissance of the contact line in Donbass.

Earlier it was reported that the flight on December 27 took place with the permission of the Ukrainian government. The exact route was not disclosed, but a spokesman for the American army clarified that the plane did not fly over Donbass.

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