Ukraine Is Using Naval Drones And Missiles To Counter Russia's Naval Superiority In The Black Sea

Ukraine has been holding up in the Black Sea with next to nothing compared to Russia's far superior naval force.(Reuters: Ukranian Naval Forces)  

ABC News Australia: Ukraine's navy is no match for Russia, but it has made waves in the Black Sea by using unconventional warfare 

Throughout Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, battles have mainly been fought on land. 

But since this month's attack on the Crimean Bridge, and the grain export agreement going from deal to no deal, all eyes have been on the Black Sea. 

An interesting power dynamic has been playing out in the maritime arena, which is usually dominated by the side with the biggest ships and navy. 

Ukraine went into the conflict casting a "mere shadow" in the water against Russia's Black Sea fleet, said Alexey Muraviev, a leading analyst on the Russian military and associate professor at Curtin University. 

"In terms of conventional naval warfare, the Ukrainian navy was no match for the Russians," he told the ABC.  

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WNU Editor: You go to war with what you have. In Ukraine's case, it is the use of drones and anti-ship missiles.