How to break Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea portsFILE PHOTO: Russian navy officers line up on the deck as the guided missile cruiser Moskva (Moscow) sails back into a harbour after tracking NATO warships in the Black Sea, in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea Nov 16, 2021. Called Operation Earnest Will, it was mostly successful, running from the hot summer of 1987 to the fall of 1988. Russian President Vladimir Putin has maritime control of the northern Black Sea because his fleet, with more than two dozen significant combatant ships, is by far the most powerful in the region. While North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have capable forces in the Black Sea, Ukraine has virtually no navy left to challenge the Russian blockade. The most likely approach would be the latter, led by the US and probably including the UK and France, and perhaps Black Sea nations Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 29, 2022 21:17 UTC