Ukrainian UAV attacked a strategic air base in Russia, three dead (video)

According to the military of the Russian Federation, the air defense funds were shot down by the Ukrainian drone at low altitude during the flow to the Engels military airfield. Three Russian soldiers, who were at the airfield, suffered fatal wounds due to the fall of the fragments of the whipped UAV. It should be borne in mind that Engels Air base is the only one where strategic Tu-160 bombers are based. Aviation equipment is not damaged, according to the Russian Ministry.

Local Telegram channels, citing eyewitnesses, reported explosions, before which air alarm signal in the airfield. The fire area after the explosion in Engels was 120 square meters. In addition to the dead, 4 people were hospitalized after the attack, writes Baza. "Carefully, news" notes that the explosion occurred at the Engels-2 aerodrome, the air volume of the air space forces of Russia. After the explosion, firefighters and emergency services went there.

There were no extraordinary adventures in the residential quarters of the city, added the governor of the Saratov region Roman Bussargin. "There is absolutely no threat to residents. All evacuation stories are a brazen lie, created far beyond the country. Civil infrastructure objects were not injured," he informed. According to Busargin, information about the "adventure" at the military object is checked by power structures.

The distance from the nearest control of Ukraine to Engels of Saratov region is about 1 thousand kilometers. It should be noted that in December this is the second attack on the military airfield "Engels". At about 6 am on December 5, a strong explosion was heard near the airfield. On the same day, a blow to the airfield "Diagilevo" in the Ryazan region was hit. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed a blow to military airfields and declared the launch of jet drones.

The ministry voiced information about the death of three soldiers from the equipment of the aerodromes. After the explosions at aerodromes in Engels and the Red Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, strategic bombers were forced to disperse. Explosions in the rear of the Russian Federation, according to the Ukrainian command, create a psychological effect - it creates a feeling that is dangerous everywhere.