In the latest analysis by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Ukrainian forces are using underwater drones to “establish conditions for decisive future operations” in the Black Sea region. “Ukraine is penetrating deeper into Russian rear areas and maritime targets.”
Russian warships in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea. (Photo: Sputnik)
While focusing its ground offensives in the east and south, Ukraine also used unmanned boats to attack targets around the Crimean Peninsula.
"It appears that Ukrainian forces are expanding their offensive efforts, including targeting naval objectives," ISW reported.
Russia accuses Ukraine of repeatedly targeting Crimea with surface and underwater drones, including targeting Russia's Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol.
Newsweek, citing analysts, reported that Russian forces have deployed defense systems designed to intercept Ukrainian drones around ports in Crimea, including floating defense systems. Ukraine is also using UAVs to target Russian infrastructure and military facilities in Crimea.
Last weekend, Ukrainian security sources said that their forces used unmanned boats carrying 450kg of TNT explosives to attack and damage a Russian military vessel near the port of Novorossiysk, one of the Russian Navy's Black Sea bases.
Meanwhile, Russia denied that the military vessel Olenegorsky Gornyak was damaged. However, Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian security services, said the ship was incapable of combat duty, and the British Ministry of Defence said the ship was “almost certainly seriously damaged.”
Following the attack, authorities said they were reinforcing defenses along Russia's coast.
In a social media post, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov, stated that with each attack, Ukraine's unmanned aerial and sea vehicles "become more accurate, the operators more experienced, and the combat coordination more effective."
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