Ukraine has scored multiple high-profile wins against Russia in the Black Sea despite its lack of a conventional navy.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet's losses are mounting amid continued Ukrainian cruise missile and drone attacks, with the newly constructed corvette, Askold, reportedly the latest victim of Kyiv's asymmetric campaign to neutralize Moscow's wounded regional force.
'The recent attack on the Askold, Andriy Ryzhenko—a retired Ukrainian naval captain and now a strategic expert at the defense and logistics consultant company Sonata—told Newsweek, represents 'a significant achievement of the Ukrainian armed forces in order to mitigate the Russian missile potential, particularly before winter.
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