Does Russia's growing fleet of naval drones present a rising threat to Ukrainian ports?

Radio technology expert Serhiy Flesh (Beskrestnov) reported on his Facebook page that Russia’s Center for Unmanned Systems, Rubikon, has begun using unmanned attack boats.

“They've run training drills, tested different scenarios. They're working on upgrades,” he wrote.

He also noted that footage shows not only surface drones but a submersible boat as well.

According to Beskrestnov, the main goal of these naval drones is to strike Ukraine’s maritime infrastructure and port facilities. In parallel, Rubikon is actively developing systems to detect and destroy Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicles from the air.

“With this post, I want to highlight a new threat. Anyone who knows what the Rubicon means understands this is serious. If we don’t want to be caught off guard, we need to develop systems to detect and destroy these attack boats. Even FPVs can handle it. The key is building a unified defense system,” the expert said.

• Earlier, Putin announced that Russia had produced the first serial version of the Oreshnik system, and the military has already received it. He added that the issue of deploying it in Belarus would be resolved “by the end of the year.”