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...