Despite ongoing Russian missile and drone strikes on the three Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region, approximately 200 cargo ships visit each month, according to Andrii Klymenko, head of the monitoring group at the Institute for Black Sea Strategic Studies.
Ukraine has developed a complex protective system for cargo ships on the sea route from Romania to Odesa. Klymenko calls this system a “tunnel,” consisting of defense against air attacks, protection from sea mines, and collaboration among coastal artillery, the air force, and other units.
An essential element has been the deployment of marine drones against the Russian fleet.
Ihor Fedirko, CEO of Ukraine’s Council of Defence Industry, stated that Ukraine’s marine drones now function as kamikaze boats and platforms equipped with machine guns, rocket launchers, and FPV drones. These drones have also downed Russian helicopters and jet fighters.













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