The Ukrainian military’s intelligence service announced that it successfully used a naval drone to destroy a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut. This marks the first instance of a Ukrainian naval drone downing an aerial target. In the recent escalation, Ukraine’s military has ramped up drone production, targeting Russian naval assets in Crimea, which Russia has occupied since 2014. Additionally, Ukraine’s Air Force claimed to have intercepted multiple Russian missiles and drones during a recent nighttime attack.