Adapting ‘Wolf Pack’ Tactics for the Drone Era, Kyiv Sinks Another Russian Navy Ship as West Weighs Aid
With today’s sinking, Ukraine has used drones and missiles to sink or severely damage 27 Russian warships — one-third of the Black Sea fleet.
Using a “Wolf Pack” strategy developed by German U-boat operators in World War II, five Ukrainian sea drones encircled and sank today the Caesar Kunikov, the latest of five Russian navy Ropucha-class landing ships sunk in the Black Sea. Although helicopters flew over the site near Yalta, it is believed that the crew of 87 went down with their 369-foot-long warship.
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