The Russian Federation paints its ships to deceive Ukrainian drones

The Russians are trying to disguise ships in the Black Sea using a camouflage scheme.

The invaders began to “color” their ships to confuse Ukrainian drone operators. Thus, satellite images confirm that the Russians painted the nose and stern of the frigate “Admiral Essen” with dark paint in order to visually “reduce” the size of the ship. The new attempt at camouflage is probably a reaction of the Russians to the threat of maritime drones of the Navy of Ukraine, Naval News writes.

We will soon see how effectively such a “strategic decision” will work. It will be recalled that a similar method was used by the Nazi Navy 80 years ago. So, the German troops painted the battleship KMS Bismarck. However, they showed more imagination, and next to the darkened parts of the ship, they painted waves and a wake jet to make it difficult to assess the real size of the battleship.

WWII German battleship KMS Bismarck with blacked out bow and stern

Certificate. Admiral Essen can carry up to 8 Kalibr cruise missiles. The frigate is considered one of the most combat-capable ships of the Black Sea Fleet (after the sinking of the cruiser “Moskva”).

Last year, at the beginning of April, “Admiral Essen” was hit near Odesa by a rocket of the coastal missile complex “Neptun”. Then a Ukrainian missile caused significant damage to the ship and took it out of combat operations for a while.