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| Date: | Friday 2 May 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-30SM |
| Owner/operator: | 43 OMShAP Russian Naval Aviation |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 50 km W of Novorossiysk, Black Sea -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On the evening of 2 May 2025, a Russian Naval Aviation Sukhoi Su-30 was shot down whilst engaging a Ukrainian attack drone swarm targeting Novorossiysk. In a first, the aircraft was downed by an anti-aircraft MAGURA V7 AA drone boat equipped with AIM-9 short range IR missiles.
Both pilots were able to safely eject from the damaged aircraft, and were rescued by the nearby Liberian flagged cargo ship M/V Victoria Fortune.
Sources:
https://t.me/rybar/70094
https://t.me/fighter_bomber/20911
https://t.me/ZOV_Voevoda/30259
https://www.twz.com/news-features/two-russian-su-30-flankers-downed-by-aim-9s-fired-from-drone-boats-ukrainian-intel-boss
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-it-shot-down-russian-fighter-jet-sea-drone-first-time-2025-05-03/
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/05/first-image-of-ukraines-sidewinder-armed-magura-v7-surface-drone/
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9744673
https://en.topcor.ru/59533-v-rf-predstavlen-k-nagrade-jekipazh-kontejnerovoza-spasshego-pilotov-sbitogo-istrebitelja-su-30sm.html
Media:
***EXCLUSIVE*** Naval News has first image of Ukraine’s Sidewinder-armed Magura V7 surface drone (USV) which shot down two Russian Su-30 FLANKER jets www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
— H I Sutton (@covertshores.bsky.social) May 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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For the first time in the world, a Ukrainian naval drone destroyed a russian fighter. Preliminarily, a russian Su-30 tried to destroy the boat, but the drone itself, having fired an R-73 missile, shot down the fighter near Novorossiysk ??? #RussianUkrainianWar #UkrainianNavalDrone #NavalDrone #Su30
— Nastushichek (@nastushichek.bsky.social) May 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2025 12:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-May-2025 12:31 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-May-2025 13:56 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 04-May-2025 05:40 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2025 09:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2025 10:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 07-May-2025 13:40 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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