Naval Forces spokesperson explains why Russian drones harder to shoot down over sea

According to Ukrinform, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Naval Forces, said this on television while answering a question about which enemy aerial targets most often enter Ukrainian territory from the sea.

According to Pletenchuk, these are mostly kamikaze drones.

“They enter from the sea, and they do so deliberately,” he noted.

The spokesperson explained that repelling such attacks in maritime waters is more difficult than on land.

“You cannot surround, at a minimum, Odesa with mobile fire groups from a single direction. All of this is done directly at sea, and that is more difficult because the sea is always unstable; it is an element of nature,” Pletenchuk said.

According to him, Russian troops exploit these conditions when launching waves of drones from the temporarily occupied Crimea and Russian territory, particularly to strike port infrastructure.

“And sometimes, unfortunately, this debris falls on the city as well,” the spokesperson noted.

At the same time, Pletenchuk noted that last night was relatively less intense compared to some previous attacks, although the shelling still had consequences.

As reported, the Naval Forces stated that drone control of routes in Crimea will be more of a problem for Russian civilians than for the military.

Photo: Suspilne Odesa