SBU maritime drones help “keep the Ukrainian economy afloat,” the expert said

SBU maritime drones “keep the Ukrainian economy afloat”: thanks to the effective containment of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea, the ports increased the volume of exports by 70% in one year.

Political scientist Oleksiy Holobutskyi writes about this.

The expert believes that without the sea corridor, the state would not be able to export products through its ports, which would stop many factories and agricultural production.

“Ukraine controls its own exports and imports and does not depend on other countries. In addition, the path provided by sea drones allows the transportation of not only agricultural products, as was the case during the existence of the “Grain Agreement” with the Kremlin, but also other cargo. For example now our state can export ore cargoes, the volume of which has increased to 16.7 million tons compared to 3.2 million tons in 2023. I can guarantee: there would be no sea corridor, c All iron ore and metallurgy would become Ukraine…