(Updated with helicopter shot down in Black Sea)
Ukrainian military intelligence said Tuesday that a naval drone destroyed a Russian helicopter and damaged another in the Black Sea, while a Russian air attack in Kyiv was repelled by air defenses, according to Ukraine's military administration. the city.
A Magura V5 naval drone equipped with missiles hit a Russian Mi-8 helicopter near the Tarkhankut peninsula on the west coast of Crimea, Ukraine's intelligence agency (GUR) said on Telegram.
According to the GUR, this is the first time that a Ukrainian naval drone has shot down an aerial target.
Reuters was unable to independently verify this information.
Russia has not commented on the matter, but the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram that its fleet destroyed eight drones in the Black Sea.
In Kyiv, witnesses reported several explosions after Ukraine's air force warned of the risk of missile attacks across the country.
According to initial information, missile debris fell on a private building in one of the capital's districts, the Kyiv military administration said on Telegram.
There was no fire or damage and no casualties were reported.
Separately, unidentified infrastructure was hit by a Russian missile attack in the town of Shostka, in the Sumy region, in the north of the country, authorities said on Telegram.
Local Telegram channels reported explosions in the area.
(Written by Yuliia Dysa; French version Etienne Breban, edited by Augustin Turpin and Kate Entringer)
