What does it mean that Russia's sea power is shrinking rapidly?
This is not just a strategic defeat, but a historic turning point. More than 300 years of maritime supremacy disappeared in just two years.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, NATO's territory has continued to expand, and US troops have even been stationed in Nordic countries. Turkey's blockade of the Bosphorus has blocked Russia's sea lanes.
The Baltic Sea has become an internal sea of NATO, and the Black Sea Fleet is completely trapped near the port, losing access to the Mediterranean. All this is a relentless indication of the fact that Russia's sea power is rapidly being lost.
Looking back at history, Peter the Great once waged the Northern War in order to compete for the Baltic Sea access. The subsequent Russo-Turkish war was fought for supremacy in the Black Sea.
In the smoke of these two hundred years of war, Russia has always maintained its hegemony in the Baltic and Black Seas. However, the situation in Ukraine is now changing so that all this is in jeopardy.
Russia has fewer and fewer outlets for warm water to the sea, and the ports of the Arctic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean can only be used for a short time, so some say that Russia has become in winter"Landlocked countries"。
This is not only a change in geography, but also a serious challenge to Russia's strategic position, and the loss of sea power will have a profound impact on Russia's future.
This is not just a question of a country's naval strength, but also a redefinition of a country's strategic position, and how Russia will respond to this challenge has become a matter of great concern.
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