- Satellite images show Russia has placed barriers at its ports to defend the Black Sea Fleet.
- The measures are designed to protect Russian warships from Ukraine’s uncrewed surface vessels.
- Kyiv has relied on this fleet of exploding drone boats to damage and destroy Moscow’s naval force.
Newly captured satellite imagery shows Russia has put up barriers at a major port to defend its Black Sea Fleet warships from Ukraine’s unrelenting exploding drone boat attacks.
The protective measures at Novorossiysk, a city in western Russia located along the Black Sea, appear to be building on similar efforts in Sevastopol, where Moscow’s naval assets have been targeted by Ukraine throughout the full-scale war.
“Due to an increased risk of Ukrainian strikes in their traditional homeport of Sevastopol, Novorossiysk now serves as a crucial role in sheltering the Black Sea Fleet’s most valuable assets,” Britain’s defense ministry wrote in a Sunday intelligence update.
Absolutely. I’m just amazed how short-sighted this appears to be.
It’s Russia, they only know one move “throw more bodies at it”. If it can’t be solved by shoving half trained and half equipped “soldiers” at the problem they’re basically out of ideas.
Nets have been used by navies around the world to protect harbors against surface vessels, submarines, infiltrators, and torpedoes for over a hundred years.