Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, GUR, announced on Saturday that it successfully destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet with a missile launched from a maritime drone, marking the first instance of a combat aircraft being downed by such a drone.
The incident occurred on Friday over waters near Novorossiysk, a significant Russian port city on the Black Sea, and was executed by a military intelligence unit known as Group 13. Faced with a larger and more affluent Russian military, Ukraine has increasingly relied on drone warfare both in the air and at sea during the ongoing three-year conflict.
These seaborne drones, which are smaller and more cost-effective than traditional naval vessels, have significantly disrupted Russia‘s Black Sea fleet. Additionally, Ukraine previously reported downing a Russian military helicopter in December 2024 using a missile from a similar seaborne drone.
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