Satellite images appear to show six "sunk" vessels at the Crimean bridge over a seven-day period. The bridge is strategically important for Russia and has come under repeated attacks throughout the war.
  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Russia has “sunk” a number of vessels by the Crimean bridge using what analysts call a “200-year-old strategy” to defend itself against the emerging threat of Ukrainian sea drones.

    It follows claims made by Ukraine’s intelligence ministry (GUR) that Russia planned to “sink at least six watercraft” by the bridge to create a “protective lane” in front of it.

    However, by 26 August, six objects in the exact same positions around 30 metres in length appear in a darker colour - which experts suggest could mean they have been sunk and are below the water.

    Security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke said the use of “block ships” - vessels sunk in a strategic place to form a physical barrier - is “an old response to a new threat” of Ukrainian sea drones.

    In July, Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency (SBU) claimed responsibility for the first time for a sabotage operation that badly damaged Kerch Bridge on 8 October last year.

    The SBU also told CNN it carried out an attack on the bridge on 17 July this year using a sea drone - an unmanned vessel that operates on or below the water’s surface.

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  • Drusas@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    tl;dr: They found that it is true and probably effective at defending the bridge from drone attacks.

  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    On behalf of the people of NCD, I hereby demand that Ukraine consider sending a drone boat with a ramp attached to it, then have the bomb boats ramp over the barrier boats to attack the bridge.