Ukraine managed to destroy a Su-30 Russian combat plane With a shot made from a Magura nautical dronewhich makes this country the world pioneer into an operation of this type, announced on Saturday the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Ukrainian Defense (GUR).
“On May 2, 2025, a special unit of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in cooperation with the SBU (Security Service) and with the Ukraine Defense Forces, eliminated a Russian Su-30 in the Black Sea; it is the first destruction of a combat plane for a nautical drone in the world,” he said on his Telegram channel.
The plane was shot down with a missile launched from an unmanned maritime platform of the magura type, Near the port of the Russian city of Novorosíisk, in the Krasnodar regionwhere much of the Russian fleet has been displaced from the anexed peninsula of Crimea.
After the impact of the projectile, the SU-30-valued according to the message at 50 million dollars- He began to burn and then fell into the water.
The Gur recalled that in December last year the special forces already managed to knock down two Russian Mi-8 helicopters thanks to the use of this same nautical drone.
The Russian Ministry of Defense had previously reported the demolition about the black sea of eight cruise missiles Storm Shadowof British manufacture, and three Neptune-MD Ukrainian missiles and the high seas destruction of 14 nautical drones.
The governor of Novalossíisk, Andréi Krávchenko, acknowledged in Telegram that the port city had suffered a massive attack, as part of which three grain silos were damaged and at least five people were injured, including two minors.
The Russian army denounces that the attack last night has understood non -manned aeronautical air vehicles, unmanned ships and guided missiles, collects the Russian agency Interfax.
For its part, the Ukrainian Air Force denounced this Saturday in its morning that during the last night Russia launched two missiles and 183 drones of various types against the countryof which 77 were demolished and another 73 were lost on the ground without negative consequences.
On the night of May 2 to 3, the enemy triggered two type balls of type Iskander-M From the Russian region of Rostov and from the annexed peninsula of Crimea, according to the part.
In addition, he launched 183 unmanned aerial devices of various types, including kamikaze drones and replica drones, from the Russian regions of Briansk, Kursk, Orel and Milérovo, against the Ukrainian territory.
The attack was repelled by aviation, the anti -aircraft missile units, the mobile groups of the Ukraine Defense Forces and by the electronic warfare equipment, the Air Force said.
77 Kamikaze drones and other types were demolished over the east, north, south and center of Ukraine, while 73 replica drones fell and lost on the ground without causing damage.
The attack affected the regions of Kharkiv, Sumi, Donetsk and Mikoláiv, in the northeast, east and south of the country.
(With information from Europa Press and EFE)
