JRL NEWSWATCH: “Official: U.S. gave intel before Ukraine sank Russian warship” – AP

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“… An American official said … Ukraine alone decided to target and sink the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet using its own anti-ship missiles. But given Russia’s attacks on the Ukrainian coastline from the sea, the U.S. has provided ‘a range of intelligence’ that includes locations of those ships, said the official …. The Biden administration has ramped up intelligence sharing with Ukraine alongside … arms and missiles to help it repel Russia’s invasion. … [T]he White House is under pressure from Republicans to do more to support Ukraine’s resistance … as polls suggest Americans question whether President Joe Biden is being tough enough on Russia. …”

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