.WHEN RUSSIA attacked in February 2022 Ukraine rarely possessed a naval force. The protectors scuttled their one frigate to stop Russia from appropriating it. Two years eventually Ukraine is struggling to keep back a Russian offensive ashore– but it is gaining the war in the Black Ocean as well as has actually damaged the Russian clog of its own surface ships.
Its own triumphes have actually commonly depended on rapid technical innovation: intermittent navy depends on crewed ships to overcome, however Ukraine has actually built a squadron of drone watercrafts, or even uncrewed surface autos (USVs). Just how are they shaping the battle mixed-up?