1567: Vasyl Maliuk Quotes 2023: Legal Strikes, Sea Drones & Redefining Naval Warfare
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/10/23
In what ways do Maliuk’s 2023 comments recast maritime operations and the legal basis for striking Russian military targets?
2023: “Any (explosions) that happen to the Russian ships or the Crimean Bridge is an absolutely logical and effective step in relation to the enemy.”
2023: “Such special operations are conducted in the territorial waters of Ukraine and are completely legal.”
2023: “There is only one option for such attacks to stop: Russia has to leave the territorial waters of Ukraine and Ukrainian land.”
2023: “Sea surface drones are a unique invention of the Security Service of Ukraine. None of the private companies are involved.”
2023: “Using these drones we have conducted successful hits of the Crimean bridge in July 2023, the landing ship Olengorskiy gornyak and the SIG oil tanker.”
2023: “Our drones are manufactured at an underground facility in Ukraine.”
2023: “We ‘measure twice and cut once’ — and then sting the enemy’s heart.”
2023: “We are working on a number of new interesting operations, including in the Black Sea waters. I promise you, it’ll be exciting, especially for our enemies.”
2023: “We have practically overturned the philosophy of naval operations.”
2023: “We have destroyed the myth of Russian invincibility. The bridge is doomed.”
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