USING OF UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (COMPLEXES, SYSTEMS) DURING THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

The Russian-Ukrainian war, which has been ongoing since 2014, has given impetus to the development of new technologies, in particular those used in combat operations at sea, and, in turn, to naval theory. In conditions of numerical and qualitative superiority of enemy forces, the Ukrainian Navy, together with other military formations of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, managed to form an effective asymmetric response, significantly weaken the capabilities of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, unblock sea commercial ports and ensure the functioning of the maritime transport corridor in the western part of the Black Sea. An important role in this was played by the use of unmanned surface vehicles by the Defense Forces of Ukraine. The article examines the history of the creation of unmanned surface vehicles during the Russian-Ukrainian war, the tactics of their use and the main directions of their further development.