Russian state newspaper Izvestia says one of its freelance reporters has been killed in a drone strike near the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Moscow accused Ukraine's military of deliberately targeting Alexander Martemyanov. Ukraine has not commented.

Two Russian helicopters were downed in a recent strike by the Ukrainian-made Magura V5 naval strike drones, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) reported on its Telegram channel. HUR earlier said on Dec.

Russia's attack using Shahed drones on Ukraine at the start of the new year caused the deaths of two prominent scientists in Kyiv.

Ukraine’s intelligence service said a naval drone had struck down a Russian military helicopter for the first time and forced another one to return to an airfield after being hit.

Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine, striking the capital and other regions with multiple missiles and drones.

Ukraine's military intelligence agency said its naval drones hit three Russian helicopters and destroyed two of them during an operation this week.

A special unit of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense's Main Intelligence Directorate has destroyed a Russian helicopter for the first time in military history.

Svitan called the attack a significant blow to Russian naval aviation, explaining that the Magura V5 drone successfully carried out the strike. “The Magura V5 worked. The Main Intelligence Directorate added something to the naval drone that hadn’t been done before.

Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) claimed that a naval drone had successfully destroyed a Russian helicopter in the Black Sea. Another machine, which was able to return to its base, was damaged in the attack.