Warriors of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) destroyed an enemy combat aircraft with a Magura naval drone strike, this is the first time in the world that a combat aircraft has been destroyed by a naval drone, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine of the Ministry of Defence reported on Saturday on social networks, showing a video, writes UNN.
On May 2, 2025, a special unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine of the Ministry of Defence, in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine and the Defense Forces of Ukraine, liquidated the Russian Su-30 in the Black Sea - this is the first destruction of a combat aircraft by a naval drone in the world. The historic strike was carried out by soldiers of the Group 13 special unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine of the Ministry of Defence with a missile from the Magura unmanned naval platform.
The multi-purpose fighter of the aggressor state of Russia, whose estimated value, as indicated, is about 50 million dollars, "flared up in the air and eventually fell into the sea - to the bottom of the possessions of the ruthless "Neptune"".
"The successful strike on the enemy combat aircraft took place in the waters near the port in the city of Novorossiysk, where the Muscovites are hiding the remnants of their Black Sea Fleet," the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine noted.
Addendum
As the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine pointed out, on December 31, 2024, thanks to the Magura V5 missile naval drone, special forces of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine of the Ministry of Defence for the first time in the world destroyed an aerial target - two Russian Mi-8 helicopters.