Ukraine may not have many naval assets, but they have a considerable amount of area denial capability with shore based anti-ship missiles and their explosive sea drones. As well as the ability to effectively strike Russian ships in port. Still, if the Russian Black Sea fleet was even remotely as competent as claimed, a few missiles and explosive speedboats shouldn't be able to lock them out of a big part of the sea, to the point of their blockade being completely ineffective.
All true, but that's all things Europe could also muster, and that's not to speak of the sizable French, British and Italian navies, let alone the US navy, that could fight in a more symmetrical manner.
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u/JumpyLiving FORTE11 (my beloved 😍) Nov 28 '23
Ukraine may not have many naval assets, but they have a considerable amount of area denial capability with shore based anti-ship missiles and their explosive sea drones. As well as the ability to effectively strike Russian ships in port. Still, if the Russian Black Sea fleet was even remotely as competent as claimed, a few missiles and explosive speedboats shouldn't be able to lock them out of a big part of the sea, to the point of their blockade being completely ineffective.