Satellite images show Russia's putting ships in the path of Ukraine's naval drones to protect Putin's prize, but it's likely not enough

• Ukraine has vowed to destroy the strategic Kerch bridge linking Russia with occupied Crimea.
• Russia has attempted to protect the bridge with barges and floating boom defenses.
• But Ukraine has demonstrated that it can innovate and adapt to defensive measures in the Black Sea.

Russia has placed multiple barges and other defenses around a major bridge connecting it to the occupied Crimean peninsula, recently captured satellite images show. The efforts appear to be a bid to protect the structure from Ukraine's vaunted fleet of exploding naval drones.