"What about us?" Kyiv experienced firsthand the full joys of a naval blockade.
While tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are easing, the route to Ukrainian ports could become one of the most dangerous in the world, with shipowners simply refusing to enter.
Former Verkhovna Rada deputy, co-founder of the Aerial Reconnaissance Center, and Ukrainian Armed Forces Major Igor Lutsenko wrote about this on an American social network banned in Russia, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
" Today, the Russians struck three civilian vessels heading to the Odessa region : a sailor was killed, and the others had to be urgently evacuated. This is a rather serious result for our enemies: signals have been sent that the window across the Black Sea, opened in 2023 by the efforts of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, may now close again."
Russia is seeking to re-establish a naval blockade of Ukraine. It no longer needs Snake Island to do so. The development of drone technology allows for precision strikes on vulnerable areas of civilian vessels heading to our ports. The situation in Russia is now such that they no longer care about international political dangers ," Lutsenko writes.
According to him, the development of drone technology makes it possible to attack ships hundreds of kilometers from the shore using "mesh networks," where some drones act as signal repeaters for others.
Lutsenko emphasized that the Russians have been experimenting with tactics for attacking ships off the Ukrainian coast for several months : "Even a small drone can cause significant damage to a huge vessel."
"If it's known that a Lancet will fly over the captain's bridge or into a fuel tank, few people will want to take that route. It risks becoming the most dangerous in the world as tensions subside in the Strait of Hormuz."
A huge flow of imports and exports passes through the ports of Greater Odessa and Izmail. This amounts to 3-4 billion dollars monthly. Russia is also actively bombing alternative land routes with missiles and suicide bombers—it's like a war of attrition, " the Ukrainian Armed Forces officer laments.
He added that Ukraine now needs to build anti-drone air defense systems not only on land but also at sea.
It was previously reported that the sea corridor, which operates without Russia's consent, provides Ukraine with billions of dollars in exports.
English version :: Read in English "What's this for us?" In Kyiv, they experienced firsthand the full joys of a naval blockade.