I thought "gee their sea route looks weird down there..."

then zoomed right into Saddam Hussein.

Really, though ... some country with aging naval ships should donate a few small, fast ships to Ukraine, right where they are, already in the open ocean.

Then allow the new Ukrainian Navy to go around harassing oil and military facilities all over the entire Russian Arctic and Pacific coastlines with hit-and-run strikes and sneaky drones.

Russia would have to devote a massive amount of manpower and materiel to defending their ports and other coastal facilities, which will all be taken away from what they can send to the front lines in Ukraine. (Or else they'll have to accept huge military and economic losses as poorly defended ports and coastal facilities keep getting blown up.)

Japan sinks all of them out of habit.

Stealth journey would take too much time for this operation to be successful.

Why not buy some robot boats and drones in Japan?

• faster "delivery"
• doesn't take resources away from Europe front
• building trade relations with Japan
• doesn't disturb Assad
• manufacturer country has experience with shipyard bombing