Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful naval war, hindering its great power ambitions
- Written by Colin Flint, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Utah State University
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has played out largely on land and in the air. It is a bitterly contested, grueling ground war, accompanied by brutal Russian aerial attacks on civilian infrastructure and a slow but increasing Ukrainian response.
But a less appreciated but vital focus of the war is happening on water, too. There, a co...