BLACK SEA BLINDED: Ukraine has been playing a long game in the Black Sea. Recent special ops and precision strikes targeted Russian S-400 air defense systems as well as associated costal radar complexes in occupied Crimea. These ops seriously degraded RU sensor coverage of the Black Sea.

This series of operations culminated UKR's late August missions to recapture the Petro Hodovalets & Ukraina offshore platforms. Illegally seized by Russia in 2015, these rigs were being used by Russia as surveillance outposts.

UKR naval special warfare operators were able to neutralize these radars as well as capture a pair of Russian R-330M1P ‘Diabazol’ Electronic Warfare Systems deployed to the platforms.

With Russian radars, air defenses and electronic warfare systems seriously degraded, the western Black Sea has been made into a non-permissive environment for Russian surface warfare.

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