Russia’s war against Ukraine is shattering the conventions of warfare in many ways. One of the most illustrative examples is the systematic destruction of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) by Ukraine, a country that has virtually no navy of its own. The Ukrainian military’s use of coastal missile systems, air-launched cruise missiles, and sea and air drones has forced Russia to up its Black Sea port defenses and create a naval base in Russian-occupied Abkhazia.
Six Russian boats trying to regain lost Russian positions in Kherson Oblast have been destroyed, the Joint Coordination Press Center’s head of the Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces Nataliya Humeniuk told RFE/RL on Sept. 11.
The origins and launch details of the drone remain uncertain as of now. Russia has conducted a series of recent attacks on Ukrainian ports along the Danube, which are in close proximity to Romania, a NATO member since 2004.