Ukrainian drones penetrate Russian naval bases, leaving Moscow with few options
Photo: The Russian navy is no longer capable of performing any serious tasks (Getty Images)
Russia's Black Sea Fleet is running out of options to defend against Ukrainian drone attacks, said the Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk.
According to him, Russia has already used almost all possible measures at Black Sea Fleet bases, including in Novorossiysk. These include relocating ships, deploying booms, electronic warfare, air patrols, and observation posts.
"A drone entering the bay is like a fox in a chicken coop," Pletenchuk said, recalling that Ukrainian drones have repeatedly bypassed Russian defense systems and penetrated deep into enemy bases.
He emphasized that Russia is no longer capable of coming up with anything fundamentally new, leaving it only two possible courses of action.
"There are two options they haven’t applied yet, but which we have repeatedly suggested: first, to scuttle their fleet, which, in principle, fits their tradition, and second, to withdraw it from the Azov-Black Sea region," said the Navy spokesperson.
He noted that withdrawing the ships would be an admission of failure for Russia, which is why they have not done it. Pletenchuk also stated that the Russian naval group in the Black Sea is incapable of carrying out serious combat missions.
Earlier, on the night of September 11, the Ukrainian Navy struck a communications hub of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at the temporarily occupied 184th research and experimental base in Sevastopol, which controlled Russian fleet units.
Additionally, Ukrainian intelligence targeted the small missile ship Buyan-M, capable of carrying Kalibr missiles, in the Azov Sea.
Furthermore, a Ukrainian maritime strike drone penetrated the Novorossiysk bay, where the Black Sea Fleet is stationed, killing a group of five Russian naval divers during the detonation.
