Ukraine's Maritime Strategy Against Russia

In Kyiv, this is Ukraine's resilience.

How can Ukraine survive this period so that we force Putin into

such a position? I would only add a phrase that we use in

the United States:

the best defense is a good offense.

And Ukraine must not only be resilient in defense, but also go on the offensive.

I just spent three days in Odesa. The port is closed, and there are no vessels

on the water. The Russians are attacking port facilities with glide bombs,

so they are mostly not functioning now.

Putin can still carry out maritime shipping.

He still has ships in the Black Sea.

He is not going to concede and allow Ukraine to restore

shipping,

unless he has a reason to do so.

So I believe

that Ukraine needs to start pursuing every Russian vessel in the

Black Sea to force Putin to say, "Oh, we

may have a problem."

Of course, a third of the Black Sea Fleet lies at the bottom

of the Black Sea, and the rest

is effectively moored in Novorossiysk

as far away from Ukraine as possible.

Since the Montreux Convention prohibits warships

from leaving and entering the Black Sea through the strait controlled by

Turkey.