kyiv says he destroyed a Russian plane with a naval drone, “a world first”

Ukrainian intelligence claims to have shot two Russian planes above the Black Sea on Friday, “a first in the world” according to kyiv. But several gray areas persist.

Military intelligence Ukrainian said, on Saturday, May 3, that one of his naval drones, had shot down with a missile a Russian fighting aircraft the day before, above the Black Sea. The plane, a sukhoï su-30, was destroyed by a Ukrainian unit off Novorossiisk, assures the intelligence agency in a Message on social networks. “Group 13 of the DIU led this historic strike using a missile launched from a Naval Magura drone platform”specifies kyiv, in a press release posted on Saturday. “The Russian SU-30, a versatile hunting plane with an estimated value of $ 50 million, was swallowed up by the flames in full flight before crashing into the sea.”

These are “The first destruction in the world of a fighting plane by a naval drone“, Indicates military intelligence in a video posted on YouTube. A declaration that CNN However, could not verify independently. Ukraine had already claimed last December the destruction of a Russian military helicopter by a missile drawn of a Naval drone of the same type.

The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment. But a Russian military blogger renowned close to the ministry confirmed on the Telegram messaging application that an SU-30 had actually been shot Friday evening, 50 km west of Novorossiisk, by a Sol-Air R-73 missile from a Ukrainian Naval drone.

“The pilots were ejected and have been recovered by civilian sailors. They are both alive”added this blogger known as Rybar. According to the authorities of Novorossiisk, an attackEU de Ukrainian drones damaged a cereal terminal and several Housing buildings on Saturday, injuring five people.

According to several media, the drone used by kyiv is a Magura V7, a larger version of the Magura V5 used by the Ukrainian army since 2023 and the start of the Russian invasion. Information that Franceinfo could not verify and which is not in any document provided by the Ukrainian army.