US Navy patrol aircraft P-8A Poseidon on Monday made a multi-hour reconnaissance flight off the coast of the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory, according to Western aviation resources.
According to their information, the naval intelligence officer with the onboard number 168432 and the call sign PS156, departed from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily, first made an approach to the coast of the Krasnodar Territory and cruised in the area of Novorossiysk and Anapa.
Then, flying back in the opposite direction along the entire southern coast of the Crimea, the American naval intelligence officer for a long time circled to the west of Sevastopol, from time to time approaching it at a distance of about 40 km.
After that, he continued his flight over the Black Sea near the western tip of the peninsula.
While flying near the Russian coast Poseidon was reduced to 8 thousand meters.
After the departure from the airbase in Sicily, the route of the flight of a naval scout to the Russian shores on the Black Sea ran over Greece and Bulgaria.
Since the beginning of the year, this is already at least the sixth flight of US reconnaissance aircraft near the Russian borders on the Black Sea.
