THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY’S SUCCESS IN SINKING AND DAMAGING RUSSIAN WARSHIPS COULD HAVE A HAPPY SIDE-EFFECT FOR UKRAINE’S WAR EFFORT ON LAND. Ukrainian tanks train in 2021. Ukrainian defense ministry
THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY’S SUCCESS IN SINKING AND DAMAGING RUSSIAN WARSHIPS COULD HAVE A HAPPY SIDE-EFFECT FOR UKRAINE’S WAR EFFORT ON LAND. Ukrainian tanks train in 2021. Ukrainian defense ministry
THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY’S SUCCESS IN SINKING AND DAMAGING RUSSIAN WARSHIPS COULD HAVE A HAPPY SIDE-EFFECT FOR UKRAINE’S WAR EFFORT ON LAND.
Ukrainian tanks train in 2021. Ukrainian defense ministry
Ukrainian tanks train in 2021. Ukrainian defense ministry
The destruction of at least two Russian ships—and damage to several others—makes a Russian amphibious assault on Odessa even less likely. And that could free up Ukrainian forces currently defending the strategic port. In particular, a fresh tank brigade.
Analysts disagree just how badly the Ukrainians have bloodied the Russian navy’s Black Sea Fleet. They’ve confirmed three successful attacks.
On or before March 22, Ukrainian troops under siege in Mariupol fired two old Konkurs anti-tank missiles at a range of several hundred yards and scored at least one hit on a Russian Raptor-class patrol boat.
