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Think Donets/Dneiper/Bug/Dneister/Danube delta.

Riverine warfare, the Ukraine Conflict? Who would have thought it?

Courtesy here Commander Salamander.

"Who is Helping Ukraine Build the Riverine Force They Need?"

Naval military units, small boat combat operations inland, often following major rivers upstream frOm the sea or an ocean. Riverine. Here an aspect of the Ukraine Conflict, a SIDESHOW but perhaps other than that in some regard. The Russians are using riverine, the Ukrainian are too. May 16, 2022.

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"The Russians are making better use of the riverine environment"

"Russian patrol boats are racing up the Dnieper River to conduct covert operations deep behind enemy lines, a Ukrainian think tank has said."

"Boats that can reach Kyiv have been seen speeding upstream from the Russian-occupied city of Kherson, the Centre for Defence Studies (CDS) said."

"The Dnieper is the fourth longest river in Europe, measuring 13 miles [twenty-one kilometers] wide at points, and potentially allowing Russian boats to travel deep into Ukrainian-held territory undetected. Defense experts said Russian special forces could be using the missions to mark out targets for air strikes and artillery fire in cities such as Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and the Ukrainian capital itself."

"The Mangust-class patrol boat, also known as Project 12150, is a Russian Coast Guard vessel. The patrol craft is designed to operate in coastal areas, ports, and other littoral areas, to perform missions like protection of territorial maritime borders, law enforcement, other defense missions, search and rescue, protection of fisheries, and enforcing rules of navigation."

RUSSIAN NAVAL COMMANDO UNITS "FROGMEN" COMBAT SWIMMERS SABOTEURS THEIR MISSION INTELLIGENCE GATHERING, PRESUMABLY ALSO MARKING TARGETS FOR PRECISION-GUIDED MUNITIONS STRIKES.

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