Satellite images taken over the Black Sea naval base of Sevastopol have shown that Russia has deployed trained military combat dolphins to protect it from diver operations against warships.
Russia has deployed trained dolphins during its invasion of Ukraine to protect a Black Sea naval base.
The Russian Navy has set up two dolphin pens just within the sea wall at the entrance to Sevastopol harbor. According to satellite imagery, the pens were transferred there in February, around the time of the invasion of Ukraine.
In the Black Sea, Sevastopol is the Russian Navy's most important naval base. The dolphins might be used in counter-diver operations, a function that both the US and Russia have traditionally trained marine mammals for. This could prevent Ukrainian special forces from infiltrating the harbor and sabotaging warships.
According to satellite images, multiple high-value Russian Navy ships are arranged inside the harbor, out of range of Ukrainian missiles but vu...
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