A busted Russian warship may not have seen an exploding Ukrainian drone boat coming, hinting at problems that have plagued Russia throughout its war

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 17:36

Russian Navy's landing vessel Ropucha class Olenegorsky Gornyak 012 cross the Bosphorus strait en route to the Black Sea on February 09, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. — Russian Navy's landing vessel Ropucha-class Olenegorsky Gornyak 012 cross the Bosphorus strait en route to the Black Sea on February 09, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A Russian warship was struck by a Ukrainian drone boat that it doesn't appear to have seen coming.
In video footage from last week's incident, the drone seems to approach uninhibited by ship defenses.
The attack hints at problems like complacency, negligence, and underestimating threats that have hurt Russia in this war.

Ukraine pulled off an attack on a Russian warship last week, and the lack of an obvious defensive response by the ship to the explosive-laden drone boat that crippled it suggests the Russian crew may not have seen it coming.