battle of Su-30 and Mi-8 with Ukrainian BEC, details, video: Ukraine: Former USSR: Lenta.ru

A Russian Su-30 fighter jet and a Mi-8 helicopter entered into battle with the latest unmanned boats (BEC) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), which were trying to attack the Crimean Bridge. Battle footage published “Military Observer”.

The video was filmed from Ukrainian unmanned boats. First, the Mi-8 hits the thermal imaging sight. He shoots off heat traps. The boats unsuccessfully try to hit him with machine gun and rocket fire. Then the Su-30SM appears in the frame. Judging by the way the water rises under the nose of the ship, the plane fires a burst from an aircraft cannon.

It is clarified that in order to distract the Russian military, BECs with machine gun turrets and aircraft missile units were used. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack was repelled.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Crimean Bridge for the first time with the latest Polish Gavia BECs

December 6 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedthat the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched six unmanned boats across Russia, all of them were destroyed. Security Service of Ukraine took take responsibility for the attack. They indicated that on the night of December 5-6, a group of sea drones of the SBU Sea Baby entered into battle with Russian helicopters, airplanes and Raptor patrol boats.

At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Crimean Bridge for the first time with the latest Polish BEC “Gavia” – they were actively tested in mid-November. The Russian Armed Forces destroyed surface drones from helicopters and high-speed Raptor boats. Ukraine used several types of BEC at once: fast reconnaissance aircraft, cover drones with machine guns and thermal imagers, and strike drones. These include unmanned boats Magura-V5 and Sea Baby. At least 10 units had to reach the Crimean Bridge.

Using drone debris, they were determined to belong to the latest Polish submersible autonomous system “Gavia”, developed by Enamor under license from the American Teledyne Technologies. The devices were almost immediately delivered to Ukraine after testing in Gdynia on November 18.

The expert revealed details about the boats that attacked the Crimean bridge

The founder of the training center for unmanned aircraft, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Engineering Maxim Kondratyev shared in conversation from aif.ru that the Gavia boat was originally developed for underwater research by a company from Iceland. Outwardly, it looks like a torpedo that can dive to a depth of up to a thousand meters.

Kondratyev noted that the Gavia drone, modernized for military purposes, can carry about 30 kilograms of explosives. According to him, some time ago experts modified a military drone and a kamikaze drone. The expert noted that it can move at a speed of about 5-6 kilometers per hour.