Ukraine's Options for Dealing with Crimea: Experts Weigh In

Two US experts argue that Ukraine can isolate and attack Crimea without retaking it from Russia by using unmanned boats to attack Russian forces and blockade the peninsula. Defending the Crimean Peninsula has historically presented a quandary, and a land invasion from the northwest must cross the narrow and easily defended Perekop isthmus between the peninsula and the mainland. The Ukrainian navy is much too weak to take on Russia's Black Sea Fleet, but Ukraine could use unmanned surface vessels laden with explosives to damage and destroy Russian ships.