Drones help to ensure advantage of Defense Forces in Black Sea - DIU

Yevhen Yerin, a representative of the press service of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, said this on the air of the United News telethon, Ukrinform reports.

"Drones are the weapon that allowed us to provide a certain advantage in the Black Sea. This is especially unbelievable, given that Ukraine had little chance of gaining dominance there, since the forces of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation significantly outnumbered ours. But thanks to naval drones, in particular Magura, which was the world's first to destroy a warship in combat conditions, we gained this advantage," he said.

Yerin added that the targets of the Magura unmanned surface vehicle are usually small and medium-sized ships. However, depending on the type of attack, the targets may vary.

"The attack can be carried out by one drone or several. It can also be a combined attack on the target. In this regard, the types of targets can also be completely different," he added.

As reported, the Magura unmanned surface vehicle can hit targets within a radius of 800 km. One of its new modifications already has R-73 missiles on board. These are Soviet-made air-to-air missiles with an infrared homing system.