Ukraine's Maritime Drone Shoots Down Russia's Su-30 Fighter Jet For First Time
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Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (GUR) said that the fighter jet had been shot down by a military intelligence unit called Group 13 on Friday.
Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine's military intelligence agency on Saturday claimed that it has shot down and destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, reportedly the world's first downing of a combat plane by a maritime drone.
In a statement, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (GUR) said that the fighter jet had been shot down by a military intelligence unit called Group 13 on Friday over waters near Novorossiisk, a major Russian port city on the Black Sea.
The GUR further claimed that the operation was conducted in coordination with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and other units of the Ukrainian armed forces. The agency said the missile was launched from a Magura V5 maritime drone platform, a type of sea drone Ukraine has deployed increasingly in recent months.
The destroyed fighter jet, Sukhoi-30, a twin-engine fighter jet with an estimated market value of $50 million. Ukraine claimed that the aircraft was 'engulfed in flames mid-air before crashing into the sea."
Ukrainian authorities released a video to accompany the announcement.
jet had been shot down.
'Yesterday towards evening, an Su-30 naval aviation fighter jet Reuters.
'The pilots ejected and were picked up by civilian sailors. Both are alive, and to hell with the plane."
The mayor of Novorossiisk declared a state of emergency on Saturday after local authorities said a Ukrainian drone attack had damaged a grain terminal and several residential buildings, injuring five people.
Later, Moscow launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv which damaged several residential buildings and set cars on fire throughout the city.
Falling debris from destroyed drones sparked fires at residential buildings in Kyiv's Obolonskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts, Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on social media.
(With inputs from agencies)
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