“The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense revealed the details of the historic air-sea battle in the Black Sea, when on the last day of 2024, missile strikes from Magura V5 naval drones managed to destroy two and hit one Russian helicopter.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense revealed the details of the historic air-sea battle in the Black Sea, when on the last day of 2024, missile strikes from Magura V5 naval drones managed to destroy two and hit one Russian helicopter.
Source: The commander of the special unit of the Main Directorate of Intelligence Group 13 with the call sign “Trynastiy” in an interview with “TSN. Tyzhden”, quoted by the press service of the GUR
Direct speech: “In this operation, we did not have the task of hiding from aviation, as usual. We specifically went to hunt for air targets. We were full of inspiration to meet the enemy.
We were spotted. We started working. The maximum we had purely near us was three rotorcraft at one time, despite the Su-shki flying there.
Details: According to the scout, it was necessary to aim and strike a missile at the detected enemy target as quickly as possible.
“The helicopter is fast enough. If you already see it on the camera, it literally takes a minute to get into an advantageous position and launch,” explains “Trynastiyy”.
According to him, the operators of Group 13 managed to hit the enemy helicopter with the first strike: the Russian crew did not even understand what had happened – they even fired air traps, and then fell into the Black Sea.
“Already later, after some time, we received confirmation that the second one had been damaged. In total, we have two destroyed and one damaged,” the scout said.
Prehistory:
- On December 31, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced that its soldiers destroyed an aerial target for the first time in the world using a Magura V5 naval drone.
- The GUR also released a radio intercept of the occupiers, which confirms that one of the Russian helicopters was hit by a naval drone on December 31.
- A number of Russian military Z-bloggers reported on January 1 that the Russian Federation had lost two sides, not one.
- On January 2, the Main Directorate of Intelligence stated that, according to detailed information, as a result of an operation near the coast of Crimea on December 31, missiles from Magura V5 drones destroyed not one, but two Russian helicopters, and another helicopter was damaged.
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