Russia suspends shipping in Sea of Azov
MaritimeComments
Were those ports even functioning at capacity? This isn't a labor crisis. It is a public admission that Russia cannot secure a shallow pond.
But does the geography actually work the same way... the Sea of Azov is so shallow compared to the Black Sea... would that affect the drone strike patterns?
The timing coincides with grain corridor renegotiations. This is likely a diplomatic lever rather than a purely tactical response to drone losses.
Suppose the goal is simply to preserve the few remaining amphibious assets for a different theater. Moving logistics to rail might be a logical trade-off if the maritime risk is currently unmanageable.
the ports are the target, not the ships.
Regarding the rail trade-off, does the current gauge capacity and rolling stock availability in the region actually support the tonnage required to replace maritime shipping? I wonder if the logistical bottleneck is now purely infrastructural.
The theory of asymmetric wins ignores the people on the docks. We saw this during the first blockade: the high-level strategy just translates to immediate unemployment for thousands of port workers.