Russian Su‑30 destroyed at Saky airfield - Ukraine's Intelligence showcases Beaver drone in action
Illustrative photo: Ukraine's Intelligence showed the strike of the Beaver drone on the airfield in Saky (t me ministry_of_defense_ua)
Intelligence officers showed how Ukrainian-made UJ-26 drones, better known as the Beaver UAVs, struck a number of enemy equipment targets in temporarily occupied Crimea, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence reports.
According to Ukraine's spy agency during the use of the drones, a Russian Su-30 fighter was damaged at the airfield in Saky.
"Reliable weapons in the hands of the special forces of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence turn critically important military targets of the aggressor state into useless scrap, in particular, the expensive air defense systems of the Muscovites, which the Ukrainian strike Beavers (drones - ed.) 'gnaw at like barberry,'" the statement says.
Intelligence officers also showed footage of strikes on the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system along with its crew, the Niobium-SV radar system, the Pechora-3 coastal radar, and the Protivnik-GE radar station.
In addition, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence shared footage of damage to a Russian Su-30 fighter at the airfield in Saky.
Downing of Su-30 fighter
On May 2, Ukrainian forces shot down two Russian Su-30s over the Black Sea. At that time, intelligence officers shot down two Su-30 Flanker multirole fighters using AIM-9 Sidewinder infrared-guided air-to-air missiles.
This was the first instance when fighters were downed by unmanned boats and the first use of the AIM-9 from an unmanned boat to destroy the enemy.
