UKRAINE has destroyed one of Vladimir Putin’s prized fighter jets with their new missile-armed sea drones in a historic first.
Incredible footage captured the moment the £38million Su-30 military aircraft was downed over the Black Sea.
‘s GUR military intelligence agency celebrated the remarkable strike as they hailed it as the first time in history that a warplane was destroyed by a sea drone.
A statement on social media said the enemy combat jet had been targeted by a Ukrainian unit called Group 13 on Friday.
They used their new Magura V5 naval drone to launch a strike over Novorossiysk, a major Russian port city on the Black Sea.
Footage released by shows the moment the sea drone latches onto the fighter jet and takes aim.
It fires directly up in the air and blasts the warplane in a huge explosion.
Putin’s jet is then seen tumbling through the sky as it plummets towards the sea in charred pieces.
The official X account of the Defence of Ukraine also posted the clip as they added the caption: “War at sea is entering a new era.”;
One of the key battles during the gruelling has been over Black Sea ports.
Russia has controlled the air space with their fighter jets and for the last three years.
And for much of the war Ukraine’s fleet of sea drones have been almost defenceless to attacks from above.
But in recent months, Kyiv has been improving its sea defences.
Along with the Magura V’s seen in the latest strikes they also have developed .
Another new weapon added to Ukraine’s arsenal last summer is a bristling with heat-seeking missiles.
Footage showed the jerry-rigged drone out on the water as it searched for Russian helicopters.
The fighting over Ukrainian territory inland has continued to intensify in recent days – despite peace talks continuing.
Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russia launched dozens of Shahed drones on Kharkiv overnight.
Over 40 civilians were injured with emergency crews rushing to put out intense fires and rescue those trapped in collapsed buildings.
The president shared a video of the strikes on X alongside the caption: “Russia is striking residential areas precisely when Ukrainians are at home, when they are putting their children to bed.
“Only fiends could give such orders and carry them out.
“While the world hesitates with decisions, nearly every night in Ukraine turns into a nightmare, costing lives.”;
The latest attacks came just hours after Donald Trump’s US announced it will to negotiate a peace dealbetween Russia and Ukraine.
They said the decision has been madeafter Putin refused to accept a full ceasefire and instead offered a short three-day truce.
The State Department said the country is changing “the methodology of how we contribute”; to the talks and will no longer “fly around the world at the drop of a hat”; for meetings.
The shift comes just two days after the– in what appeared to be final push by Washington to broker a peace plan.
Trump is said to be growing “increasingly frustrated”; with both Putin and Zelensky in his attempts to bring theUkraine warto a close.
The president, who appeared to be cosying up with Putin since taking over theWhite Housein January,ordered Putin to.
He saidhe was both “surprised and very disappointed”; that mad Vlad continued to bomb Ukraine, despite the dictator
