Ukrainian drone strikes have significantly damaged Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and pushed it further from shore. Most recently, the rocket ship “Ivanovets” was sunk. Such successes have led Ukraine to establish its own drone force.
According to British intelligence, the sinking of the Russian missile ship Ivanovets a few days ago will significantly weaken the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The attack affected command and control capabilities and forced the fleet leadership to reconsider its maneuvers west of the Crimean Peninsula.
Ukraine: A third of Russia’s warships have been disabled
According to Ukrainian information, Russia has already lost almost a third of its warships in the Black Sea. At the start of the war almost two years ago, the Black Sea Fleet had 74 ships, and the military had so far “decommissioned” 24 warships and one submarine, the Ukrainian High Command said on Tuesday.
The last major success was achieved on the night of February 1, when the rocket ship “Ivanovets” was attacked and sunk by naval drones. According to the British Ministry of Defense, the ship was important for the exchange of data with other ships, helicopters and long-range patrol aircraft. The action showed the vulnerability of the Black Sea Fleet, the ministry writes on Platform
Nevertheless, Ukraine has “really changed” the security situation in the Black Sea thanks to drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address on Tuesday evening. The use of naval drones – unmanned boats with a high explosive charge – drove the Russian Black Sea Fleet from both the southern coast of Ukraine and the area around the Crimean Peninsula. Drones were also often used in the battles along the fronts to inflict heavy losses on the Russian army. Zelensky emphasized that drones have proven effective in combat on the ground, in the air and at sea.
New troop category “unmanned systems”
That is why Ukraine has launched the new military force of the “unmanned system”. The head of state said he had already signed the relevant decree. These new drone forces are “not a matter of the future, but rather something that should lead to a very concrete result in the near future.”
The task list is clear: “special staff positions for working with drones, special units, effective training, systematization of experience, constant scaling up of production and bringing together the best ideas and the best specialists in this field,” Zelensky laid out the next steps fixed. . This is now a task for the military, the Ministry of Defense and the government as a whole.
Both parties rely on cheap and effective drones
Both Russia and Ukraine have used drones in the war so far. The Ukrainian military relies on small drones in land wars for both reconnaissance and attacks on targeted targets – these unmanned aerial vehicles are cheap to produce. Russia, on the other hand, initially used so-called kamikaze drones made in Iran to attack Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure, but has now switched to smaller aircraft for use on the fronts.
Source: Krone
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