Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet with a surface-to-air missile (SAM) fired from a Magura naval drone over the Black Sea near Novorossiysk - the first time Ukrainian forces downed a fixed-wing aircraft using this tactic.
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Ukrainian forces used a SAM fired from a Magura naval drone to down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet over the Black Sea near Novorossiysk
Four were injured in Novorossiysk, among them two children, as Russia's Krasnodar Krai was allegedly targeted in a Ukrainian drone attack overnight on May 3.
Drones flew over multiple regions of Russia overnight on 3 May, with loud explosions reported. Air defense systems were activated in Krasnodar Krai, Anapa, Novorossiysk, and Rostov region.
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