Ukrainian attacks have seen Russia bolster its defenses with trenches and mines. Now, Moscow appears to be doubling its deployment of trained dolphins used to protect a key Crimean port.
Two months after Russia’s invasion in February 2022, a review of satellite images by the commercial firm Maxar and theCrimea's Sevastopol harbor in February 2022.H I Sutton, a submarine analyst who specializes in the use of marine mammal pens,at the time that dolphins were “the most obvious type of mammal” being used to protect the naval base.
But other military experts said it was hard to assess with certainty how Russia might be using the animals there. “If I was to speculate, it would be that they are hoping that they can assist them with identifying maritime drone attacks, which the Ukrainians have been using against the Black Sea fleet or may be to spot sea mines,” he said.
The peninsula is an important supply route for Russian troops in the southeast of the country, where the Ukrainian army has been trying to break Russian defense lines.
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