Seems Ukraine Droned The Wrong Russian Frigate
There are harmful Russian frigates and there are harmless ones
In 51 months of hard fighting, Ukrainian forces have sunk or badly damaged dozens of ships and craft belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, including the missile cruiser Moskva.
The frigate Admiral Essen, sister frigate Admiral Makarov, three Buyan-class missile corvettes and two or three undamaged Improved Kilo-class submarines possess what remains of the Black Sea Fleet’s major offensive firepower.
All seven vessels are armed with Kalibr cruise missiles that can range across much of Ukraine even when fired from the Black Sea Fleet’s current home port, Novorossiysk in southern Russia.
The Ukrainians are determined to take out these ships. One problem—they may have targeted the wrong vessel in a recent drone raid.
