.WHEN RUSSIA occupied in February 2022 Ukraine scarcely had a navy. The defenders scuttled their one frigate to avoid Russia coming from appropriating it. Two years eventually Ukraine is straining to keep back a Russian offensive ashore– but it is actually winning the battle in the Black Ocean and has actually damaged the Russian clog of its own surface ships.
Its own success have actually often depended on swift technical innovation: every other naval force relies on crewed ships to fight, however Ukraine has developed a fleet of drone boats, or uncrewed area vehicles (USVs). Just how are they forming the battle at sea?