Missile-toting drone boats blew up two Russian helicopters and damaged a third in a Black Sea skirmish. Why it matters: Ukrainian outlets said the shoot-downs were world firsts. Engagements like this — especially with video evidence — leave little room for drone warfare naysayers.

As a result of the attack on Jan. 6, two Russian anti-missile Pantsir-S1 systems and one OSA anti-aircraft vehicle were reportedly damaged or destroyed in the occupied part of Ukraine's southern Kherson Oblast.

As the Russia-Ukraine War enters 2025, drone technology will continue to evolve, with both sides increasingly incorporating swarm technology into their drone fleets.

A Ukrainian sea drone has destroyed a Russian helicopter off the coast of Crimea for the first time. Footage of the attack shared by HUR, Kyiv’s military intelligence, showed the drone bobbing on the seas as the aircraft manoeuvred in the skies above. Plumes of water splashed up next to the Magura V5 drone as Russian fire hit the sea around it.

Hard Cat, a Ukrainian drone maker, told Business Insider that the uncrewed drone, the Black Widow 2, can take out surface targets like small boats.