Where is the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation? It's gone! This is a fact of victory of the enemy,
Of course, the fleet's air defense systems will be working on the ships,
Commercial shipping is now returning to near pre-war levels in the region,
At least one-third of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been sunk, destroyed, or damaged, according to the Ukrainian Navy. And the remaining Russian fleet has been pushed east, fleeing persistent Ukrainian attacks,
Do you understand? This is the fact of defeat. It's a defeat. It must be accepted. Like we accepted the defeat of Kherson, surrendered Kherson. Kherson was ours,
Ukraine's success was partly made possible by their innovative naval technology: Neptune, their homegrown anti-ship missiles; Sea Baby, their domestically produced unscrewed surface vessel; Magura V5, their own multi-use unscrewed surface vessel,
In the past year we've seen Ukraine—a country which barely has a navy—bring the Russian Black Sea Fleet to heel through a combination of drones and long-range missiles,
The size of the Russian Black Sea Naval Fleet has proved no match for Ukraine's maritime innovations,
Ukraine first debuted Neptune anti-ship missiles against Russian naval targets in April 2022."
Ukraine won't win the war in the maritime domain only, but it could surely lose it there,
For example, a year ago our drone could carry about 800 kg of explosives to a distance of about 800 km, and today it is over 1,000 kg and over 1,000 km. So today the SBU can attack enemy ships virtually anywhere across the Black Sea,
If we're talking specifically of upgrading Sea Baby drones, which hit the Crimea bridge last year, as of today they have completely different characteristics, having become much more powerful,