Ukrainian intelligence is doing everything possible to reduce presence of russian ships in the Black Sea. A representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov told about this in the High Cabinet project on the FREEDOM TV channel.
He emphasized that Ukraine, which does not have its large fleet, has already destroyed a third part of russian Black Sea Fleet. Asymmetric tools are actively used in confronting the russian aggressor.
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"The current war after the full-scale invasion is a new type of war. Unmanned aerial vehicles as well as maritime drones have never been used in such numbers before. In this case, Ukraine uses asymmetric instruments … Naval drones, such as MAGURA multi-purpose unmanned surface boats, are no longer just damaging, but completely destroying russian ships, sending them to the bottom," Yusov said.
The representative of Ukrainian intelligence recalled that since the beginning of this year, Caesar Kunikov large landing ship, Ivanovets missile corvette as well as other russian vessels have already been sunk. Such russian occupiers` losses significantly reduce their activity in the Black Sea.
"In general, the activity of russian Black Sea Fleet has become less as well as more limited due to the influence of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, the destruction of Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet - Moskva the liberation of Snake Island as well as the return of control over Boyko Towers. Due to effective strikes on the enemy's military logistics in Crimea, on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters. All of this forced to redeploy russian Navy, so its capabilities have become less," he listed.
As a result, russia started using its ships less than usually for missile attacks.
"As for the missile strikes, there is another factor involved. russia needs to replenish its strategic reserves. But that it has used against Ukraine over the past two years cannot be reproduced in a short time. Therefore, the tactics and use of missile weapons have changed somewhat," Yusov added.
Earlier Defense Express reported that Ukrainian naval drones had denied russian supply chain from Mediterranean to Black sea.
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