- 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.
They know those barriers keep their ships from going anywhere, right?
It holds the ships in place for drone attacks, so I’m all for it.
Ukraine’s probably getting some more Cessnas ready
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.
They will move them to let ships in and out.
…at which point they can be immediately attacked by a drone boat, making this whole thing stupid and pointless.
No, no, no. This prevents uncontrolled loss of ships. See, now, they can control which boats get sunk by USVs and which boats are safe.
Is best Russian Navy strategy!
I mean sure, but they can watch for that during the time the ship leaves port? The defence strategy is fine, the point of the article is to show that the drone attacks from Ukraine are super effective and are a big pain in the ass for Russia.