On December 31, for the first time in the world, the GUR destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter using a Magura V5 maritime drone, and another helicopter was hit. This was reported on Tuesday by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, UNN reports.
On December 31, 2024, for the first time in history, the DIU's Group 13 special forces hit an air target using a Magura V5 strike naval drone equipped with missile weapons. During a battle in the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut in the temporarily occupied Crimea, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed by R-73 SeeDragon missiles
It is noted that another similar enemy helicopter was hit by fire and managed to reach the airfield.