Ukraine Strikes Back! Russia’s Key Naval Base & Oil Terminal Comes Under Attack; Maritime Drones Prime Suspect
david waker
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Ukraine Strikes Back! Russia’s Key Naval Base & Oil Terminal Comes Under Attack; Maritime Drones Prime Suspect
Russian media was aboil with unverified footage of what appeared to be a maritime self-murder drone attack on Sheskharis Harbor in Russia’s Black Sea harborage of Novorossiysk.
The videotape was caught on the CCTV installed in the harbor. Novorossiysk is a significant Russian nonmilitary base and oil painting outstation.Indeed though the clip didn’t reveal precisely which maritime drone was used to carry out the attack, military experts said it looked analogous to the one used to attack Sevastopol last month.
At the end of October, low- slung drone boats with a claimed range of roughly 500 long hauls were used by Ukraine in an unknown strike on the Russian Navy’s base in Sevastopol.The attack touched off an explosion at the time, and Russia indicted the UK of furnishing Ukraine with these maritime drone boats, calling it a “ terrorist attack.
Ukraine is writing a new chapter in the history of naval warfare.
The second ever attack with USV maritime drones took place today.
The drones attacked the Sheskharis oil harbor in Novorossiysk, Russia, owned by Transneft.
Keep striking Russian ports, it will cripple logistics pic.twitter.com/d1gFaZs12r
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 18, 2022
The timing of the attack is significant as Russia has gone on a rage to destroy Ukraine’s energy structure, which it considers “ military targets. ” On November 18, several corridor of the embattled country were without power owing to a shower of dumdums hitting targets regularly.
Ukraine has claimed that the former maritime drone attack damaged three Russian vessels, a claim Russia has dismissed. nonetheless, they’ve had a nipping effect on Russian Black Sea Fleet operations in Sevastopol and Crimea, where the line is grounded.Not just that, according to recent reports, the Russia- appointed governor of Crimea blazoned that “ bastion work is being carried out on the home of Crimea under my control to guarantee the security of all Crimean people. ”
It’s material to note that Crimea and the Black Sea were used as a launch pad for attacks in the original days of the irruption. still, Ukraine is decreasingly attacking the regions now. With the Armed Forces of Ukraine( AFU) regaining Kherson, Russia’s position could come more fragile.On Russia’s Black Sea seacoast, Novorossiysk is a significant nonmilitary base and oil painting outstation. It’s further from the Ukrainian- held home of Odesa than it’s from Sevastopol.
Just as the Russians believed that the Crimean Bridge was far from Ukraine’s reach until it came under attack, it was also preliminarily allowedthat Novorossiysk was beyond the reach of Ukrainian strikes.Russian Black Sea Under Attack?With adding attacks, the anchorages that handed safe harbor for Russian maritime exertion now face a direct trouble of attack from the ocean.
In the absence of veritably long- range rocket launch vehicles, maritime drones are the long- range artillery of choice to hit targets deep inside Russian home.After the attack on Sevastopol in October, the Russian Navy has slightly left harborage, indeed though Moscow used its nonmilitary vessels to carry out bullet attacks in the early months of the irruption.
Ukraine released a video from today’s attack on Sevastopol. It shows a naval drone targeting the Black Sea Fleet’s Admiral Makarov Project 11356 frigate, which Russian sources said was damaged (it replaced the Moskva as the Black Sea Fleet’s flagship). https://t.co/zdAeWUvDrb pic.twitter.com/TNnIu4OIap
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 29, 2022
The Russian Navy, thus, seems to be apprehensive of the troubles of the maritime drones that Ukraine is amassing and operating.The nonmilitary base is home to several warships and submarines stationed against Ukraine, including the Kilo Class submarines that can launch Kalibr voyage dumdums on Ukraine.
According to the OSINT and Naval Analyst HI Sutton, several sizable wharf vessels also sailed to the Black Sea in medication for the irruption. numerous of the vessels were in harborage, according to recent radar data.
While Ukraine didn’t take responsibility for the attack, some Russian sources said the maritime drone belonged to AFU. Some reports also claimed that Russian specialists examined the drone’s wreckage and said it was the same model used to attack Sevastopol. still, EurAsian Times couldn’t singly corroborate these claims.
The situation could come more precarious for Russia now that Ukraine has decided to produce the world’s first line of nonmilitary drones. On November 11, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky launched the UNITED24 design to fund the ambitious nonmilitary drone plan.
The Twitter account of the fundraising website twittered a videotape with the communication, “ Ukraine is creating the world’s first Fleet of Naval Drones — so, we’re launching our biggest fundraiser yet. It’ll cover the Ukrainian waters, help metropolises from being struck by dumdums, and help unleash corridors for mercenary vessels transporting grain. ”
Ukraine is creating the world's first Fleet of Naval Drones — so, we are launching our biggest fundraiser yet🔥It will protect the🇺🇦waters, prevent cities from being struck by missiles, and also help unlock corridors for civilian ships that transport grain. #FleetOfNavalDrones pic.twitter.com/9V07vqZXkl
— UNITED24 (@U24_gov_ua) November 11, 2022
also, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, Commander of the Ukrainian Navy’s Naval Forces, claimed that these nonmilitary drones have formerly shown themselves to be effective and have the capacity to change the course of events in the Black Sea.
