I read an interesting article in the FT - "Military briefing: Ukraine seeks way to break Russia’s Black Sea blockade"
It reminded us that Russia's navy has enjoyed a far more successful war than its army has, despite the well-publicised loss of the Moskva.
The recent missiile fired on Lviv that destroyed weapons donated by the West was fired by the Russian navy. And the navy quickly took control of the Black Sea and closed off the Sea of Azov at the start of the war. Ukraine has a tiny navy since Russia took over the Crimea.
Russia has been able to impose a naval blockade that has ended Ukraine's ability to export grain, its main export. Military strategists call this “sea blindness” — the inability to see the crucial role that naval power plays in a country’s security and economy.
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