187. Jerry Hendrix - Black Sea is an Overlooked Factor in Understanding Russia’s Motivations for Invading

The land war in Ukraine has occupied most attention among media and analysts since the full-scale war began in February 2022. But what happens in the Black Sea is perhaps where we should focus more. The battle for Snake Island, and the sinking of the Moskva grabbed the headlines for a while, but the Black Sea is an overlooked factor in understanding Russia’s motivations for invading, and for how victory will be defined by Ukraine, including taking back control of Crimea and Black seas ports. ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ Jerry Hendrix is a retired United States Navy captain. He has served as an American defence analyst, an official historian and curator of the Navy and an author. His written work has focused on the composition of the United States Navy force, the structure of the Navy, the role of the aircraft carrier in modern strategic environments and the structure of the carrier air wing. He also publicly supported a recent plan to build a 350-ship Navy. Jerry Hendrix is President of Hendrix and Associates. ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ LINKS: https://twitter.com/MarkHertling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_J._Hendrix https://sagamoreinstitute.org/dr-jerry-hendrix/ https://www.usni.org/people/jerry-hendrix https://www.cnas.org/people/dr-jerry-hendrix https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-hendrix-9599684/ https://www.theatlantic.com/author/jerry-hendrix/ ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~