Ukraine downs second Russian plane in Crimea, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian forces destroyed a second Russian aircraft in occupied Crimea on May 3, alongside military warehouses, following a historic drone strike on another plane, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Telegram.
"Our army conducted a very accurate operation on military facilities in Crimea: minus one more, the second Russian plane in a day," the president said.
Russian military depots in occupied Crimea were also destroyed, Zelensky added. The downing of the first Russian aircraft from a naval drone was "brilliant," he said.
On May 3, Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate confirmed the first-ever strike on a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a Magura naval drone’s missile near Novorossiysk port, where Russia maintains remnants of its Black Sea Fleet.
Social media reports earlier that day indicated the Su-30’s crew may have survived
Russian authorities reported a “massive” drone attack on Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast, including Novorossiysk, home to Russia’s largest port and a Black Sea Fleet base.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed to have intercepted Neptune and Storm Shadow missiles, 170 UAVs, and 14 naval drones.
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