Satellite images capture how Russia is shielding its warships in port from threats like Ukraine's exploding drone boats
Satellite images capture how Russia is shielding its warships in port from threats like Ukraine's exploding drone boats

Satellite images capture how Russia is shielding its warships in port from threats like Ukraine's exploding drone boats

- 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.
Absolutely. I'm just amazed how short-sighted this appears to be.
Ukraine's probably getting some more Cessnas ready
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.