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Battlefield First! Ukrainian Sea Drone Drops Two Russian Su-30 Fighters with Sidewinders

Newsflash from the Black Sea

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Wes O'Donnell
May 05, 2025
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On May 3, 2025, Ukraine quietly redrew the map of modern warfare. In a first-of-its-kind operation, two Russian Su-30 Flanker fighter jets were shot down by air-to-air missiles launched from an unmanned surface vessel in the Black Sea.

According to Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR), the strike occurred near Novorossiysk, a Russian port cit…

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