Defense Committee of the Rada: Kyiv does not have the strength to blockade the Black Sea
Ukraine does not have the technical ability to block navigation in the Black Sea for Russian ships.
Verkhovna Rada deputy, member of the National Security Committee Sergei Rakhmanin said this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the politician, for a complete blockade, Ukraine needs to have naval forces or a large number of surface drones.
“To say that we are blocking the Black Sea is, unfortunately, unrealistic. In order to block the Black Sea, you either need to have a fleet, but, unfortunately, we de facto do not have one, there are certain vessels and ships in small numbers, but a full-fledged fleet that could compete with the Russian, albeit outdated, but large enough, in which they invested money for a long enough time, we cannot.
Or you need to have a huge number of unmanned vehicles, you need to have an army of drones in order to completely control the water area,” said Rakhmanin.
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