India, May 4 -- Ukraine's military intelligence agency claimed to have destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a sea-based unmanned surface vessel, media reports said.

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (GUR) announced the incident on Saturday, which is being described by Kyiv as the world's first recorded instance of a manned combat aircraft being shot down by a maritime drone.

Ukrainian authorities released a video to accompany the announcement to back their claim.

As per the agency, the missile was launched from a Magura V5 maritime drone platform, a type of sea drone Ukraine has deployed increasingly in recent months.

The destroyed aircraft was identified as a Russian Su-30, a twin-engine fighter jet with an e...