“ Ukraine launched ATACMS against targets in Crimea.
A USAF recon drone had been spotted in international waters off Sevastapol about three hours earlier.
It seems likely that the US is sharing targeting data with Ukraine. The claim, though, that the US is directing the strikes lacks foundation.”
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“…lacks foundation”. Hmmmm, imagine if Russia provided numerous highly accurate and effective anti-ship missiles to Yemen’s Houthis along with effective training on the use of those missiles and then provided CONTINUING real time ship targeting data. And further imagine that the Houthis then effectively began sinking ships of nations friendly to the US. And then further imagine each time the Houthis sank a ship Russia surveillance drones were seen in the area. What would your suspicion be? Just sayin’.
Your scenario ignores that Ukraine is targeting Russian military targets within the sovereign territory of Ukraine.
If Russia doesn’t want its military forces attacked, it could bring them home.