In practice, Russia proved to be the least prepared for the asymmetric actions of Ukrainian maritime drones, which allowed Ukraine to significantly limit the Russian Navy’s activity in the Black Sea and effectively block it at its bases.
This was stated on Ukrainian Radio by Captain 1st Rank (Reserve) Andrii Ryzhenko, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian Navy from 2004 to 2020, according to Ukrinform.
According to him, modern naval warfare is increasingly moving away from the principle of numerical superiority and relies on maneuverability and exploiting the enemy’s weaknesses.
“Maneuver warfare at sea is, among other things, based on asymmetry. Asymmetry means that you identify certain weaknesses in the enemy’s capabilities and either exploit or destroy them,” the expert explained.
According to Ryzhenko, the Russian Black Sea Fleet was built using Cold War-era approaches, designed for the large-scale deployment of a large number of ships, but the emergence of naval drones has exposed a critical vulnerability in this model.
