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Ukraine’s Magura V5 naval drone destroys Russian Mi-8, damages another — HUR

31 December, 2024 Tuesday

10:16

Russia-Ukraine war

On December 31, for the first time in history, the HUR Group 13 special forces successfully downed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter using a Magura V5 maritime strike drone

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Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) reported the information.

“On December 31, 2024, for the first time in history, soldiers of the HUR Group 13 special unit successfully struck an aerial target using a Magura V5 naval strike drone equipped with missile weaponry,” the statement read.

The report detailed that during a battle in the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut in temporarily occupied Crimea, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed using R-73 SeeDragon missiles.

According to the HUR, another Russian helicopter of the same type was damaged but managed to return to its home airfield.

For the first time in the world, #Ukrainian soldiers have destroyed an aerial target using a Magura V5 maritime dronehttps://t.co/GtsDAzTltP pic.twitter.com/05ehVMA5wM
— Еспресо Global (@Espresotveng) December 31, 2024

On the night of Tuesday, December 31, Russian authorities reported an alleged drone attack on the Smolensk region, which resulted in a fire at an oil depot. In total, 68 drones were allegedly destroyed in Russian airspace.

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