The Magura V5 attack sea drone, equipped with missile weapons, managed to destroy two Mi-8 helicopters.
This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense on a social network. The GUR called the destruction of two helicopters a new record.
"According to updated data, as a result of a successful GUR operation in the Black Sea near the temporarily occupied Crimea on December 31, 2024, special forces of the Group 13 unit, using Magura V5 sea drones equipped with missiles, destroyed two Russian Mi-8 helicopters," the report says.
At the same time, according to preliminary information, the crews of the said enemy aircraft were also eliminated.
"Another Russian helicopter was hit by fire and managed to land damaged," the GUR added.