The US Navy aircraft allegedly played an important role in the sinking of the Russian ship Moscow. According to The Times, the cruiser tracked down the P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft, which subsequently handed over the ship’s coordinates to the Ukrainian army. In the ensuing attack, Moscow was hit by two Neptune missiles developed and manufactured in Ukraine. She sweated a few hours later. Russia initially cited the stormy weather as a reason for the sinking, but later admitted that the ship sank due to rocket damage. There is no verified information about the alleged victims yet. The tracker had a switched off P-8 Poseidon allegedly played a key role in the successful execution of the attack. He was to take off in Sicily and initially flew with the transponder off so that it could not be located. After reaching the Romanian Black Sea coast, he moved to his position with the task of tracking the Black Sea Fleet. Three hours later, the machine reappeared on the publicly accessible Flightradar24 platform. Photo gallery (2) Source: TASR / AP Photo / Theron Kirkman The Ukrainian missile attack came a little later from the coast and fatally hit Moscow. The US Navy has not yet specified whether it shared information about the locations of Russian ships with the Ukrainian army. Since the beginning of the war, the movement of Russian troops has been monitored by various drones and other NATO reconnaissance systems. The P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft has been used by several armies since 2013, including the United States, India and Germany. It can track ships and submarines for more than 160 kilometers. Its basis is a military aircraft is a Boeing 737-800, but instead of rows of seats, the interior of the aircraft is filled with state-of-the-art surveillance technology.