< IMG FAC2A167F.JPEG " />< p >< strong > USA resumed manned missions for the first time after the start of a full -scale invasion. 60 ~/p >~ 60 > according to open sources, American military aircraft collected intelligence Russian positions, flying on Wednesday, February 5, near the coast of the annexed Crimea. This is the first manned mission of the US Higher Professional Education after the start of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine in 2022.
< p > writes newsweek.
< p > publication notes that the first to this fact was drawn to the OSINT analyst, who writes under the nickname “MenMyrc” on the social network X. In his opinion, the resumption of manned exploration missions of the United States may be a sign of new and more The pentagon’s bold approach under President Donald Trump.
< p > earlier the US Air Force sent intelligence aircraft to the Black Sea from the allied bases in Europe to observe military movements in the Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war in February 2022, departures with the crew were replaced by drone flights due to an increase in potential risks for the security of the US army. < p > < p >Data from the Flightradar24 website showed that the American RC-135V Rivet Joint radio reconnaissance aircraft with the call sign “Jake17” on Wednesday for about 4 hours circled in the international airspace about 160 km to the south-west of Sevastopol. < p > < p > Rivet Joints class aircraft provide collection, analysis and transmission of intelligence in a mode close to real time. The crew of such a aircraft has more than 30 military personnel.
< p > “menmyrc” suggested that the Pentagon could give its Air Force “new orders”, which can be regarded in the Kremlin as a new call. “As soon as the war began, the United States stopped manned operations off the coast of Sevastopol. This is a serious change in position,” wrote an analyst.
< p > according to the publication, the United States is far from the only NATO member who monitors the Russian troops in the Crimea. In service with the British Air Force, for example, there are also three RC-135W Rivet Joints aircraft, which regularly conduct reconnaissance in the Black Sea.
< p > similar reconnaissance missions are performed in the Baltic Sea to collect intelligence information about Kaliningrad. < p > “The fact that the United States is returning strategic assets to the Black Sea (RC-135 operations were a key way to track the extension of the military power of Russia), coincides with rumors that the West lifted the restrictions on distant strikes. This is an interesting development of events “, – commented on the situation by the American observer of foreign policy Blake Allen.< p > Recall, Newsweek, citing experts, writes that the North Korean soldiers, who allegedly retreated from the battlefield in the Kursk region after significant losses, will return to fighting against Ukraine. This will probably happen after regrouping, retraining or rotation of new troops.
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