During a joint operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian Navy an ammunition storage depot in the Rostov region, Russia, was hit. The strike was carried out using the Neptune missile,

Russia has scaled back the frequency of helicopter flights over the Black Sea after Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) downed two Russian helicopters on the night of 30-31 December. Source: Dmytro Pletenchuk,

On December 31, 2024, Magura V5 missile-equipped naval drones made history, for the first time downing two Russian Mi-8 helicopters over the Black Sea. The operation was a unique case where unmanned platforms at sea were used to intercept enemy aircraft.

Ukraine struck a Russian warehouse storing ammunition and reconnaissance drones using a domestically-made Neptune missile overnight on Jan. 10, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent.

In 2024, Ukrainian naval forces destroyed more than 37,000 Russian drones, according to a report from the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 1. Ukrainian Navy stated in a Facebook post that this includes Russian attack drones, operational and tactical UAVs, FPV drones, and Shahed-type attack drones.

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 72 Shahed-type loitering munitions and various types of decoy drones on the night of 9-10 January. Ukrainian air defence units have destroyed 33 UAVs, while a further 34 Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar,

The destruction of Russian helicopters using Magura V5 drones has reduced the number of enemy helicopter flights, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing Dmytro Pletenchuk, Spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy. According to Pletenchuk,

Ukraine’s military said Thursday it shot down 46 of 70 drones that Russian forces used in attacks targeting areas in central and eastern Ukraine. Falling debris from downed drones damaged houses in the Cherkasy,

"This is not the first time, so we can say there is a pattern," Pletenchuk said during the telethon program. “The number of helicopter flights has decreased. And this was noticeable yesterday as well.

Russia launched 72 UAVs of the Shahed type and decoy drones against Ukraine. Air defense forces managed to destroy 33 of them, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The drones were launched from the directions of the Russian cities of Millerovo,

Snow, sleet, fog, the lot; when the weather is at its worst is when Russian soldiers tend to go out on assault. That’s what the traditional wisdom dictates anyway: the harder it is for Ukrainian drones to watch and enter the battlefield,