Ukraine has claimed it shot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet in the Black Sea using a seaborne drone for the first time. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first time in the world that a combat aircraft has been destroyed by a marine drone,\u201d the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said in a statement on Saturday, adding it \u201cburst into flames in the air and eventually fell into the sea.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence said one of its units destroyed the fighter jet on Friday with a Ukrainian Magura drone near the port of Novorossiysk – a key port city for Russia where Ukraine claims there are remnants of Russia\u2019s Black Sea fleet. <\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s defense ministry has not commented on the incident, although the claim was backed up by a Russian military blogger. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Ukrainians brought more than three dozen sea-drones\u2026 to the Novorossiysk area\u2026 After [our] jet was hit, the crew ended up in the water, surrounded by enemy sea-drones,\u201d Fighterbomber said on Telegram Saturday. <\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence claimed in December last year it destroyed two Russian helicopters \u201cfor the first time in the world\u201d using the seaborne Magura V5 missile drone created by Ukraine\u2019s military and engineers. <\/p>\n
Kyiv has increasingly turned to drones to level the playing field with Russia, which boasts superior manpower and resources. Since Russia\u2019s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 \u2013 and following further losses after Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion \u2013 Ukraine no longer has a functioning navy in the Black Sea. <\/p>\n
Drones have proved effective against some of the toughest ships of Moscow\u2019s Black Sea fleet. They are controlled from afar via a Starlink connection and can be pre-programmed for the long journeys across the Black Sea. <\/p>\n
In February last year, Ukraine said it sank the Ivanovets, a Russian guided-missile ship in the Black Sea. Its most notable strike was on the Moskva in April 2022, which was a huge morale boost for Kyiv in the early weeks of the war. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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