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Ukrainian sea drone downs Russian fighter jet in 'world-first' strike, intelligence says

c/world · u/MicroWave@lemmy.world · 284 points

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A Russian Su-30 fighter jet was destroyed by a sea drone strike carried out by Ukraine's military intelligence, marking the first time a sea drone takes down a jet, Ukraine's military intelligence said on May 3.

The intelligence agency, HUR, said the unprecedented operation took place on May 2 near the Russian port of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea and published the video of the strike. The strike was carried out by Group 13, a special unit within HUR, using a Magura sea drone equipped with a missile warhead.

"This is the world's first destruction of a combat aircraft by a naval drone," the statement read.

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u/drspod@lemmy.ml · 17 points

that's a link to a telegram post, for the benefit of anyone who would prefer not to load the telegram website from wherever you're browsing from.

u/SenatorCollins@aussie.zone · 40 points

Well, there are a lot of these drones going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that USVs aren’t safe.