Russian air base Engels continued to burn after a blow of Ukrainian drones. Local authorities are talking about the biggest strike for the entire war.
Russian airfield engels in the Saratov region were attacked. The thunderstorm was so strong, the locals said the detonation continued to this day. Russian authorities have evacuated the population that lives next to the air base.
Note that it is in this field of flight that the enemy is holding strategic firefighters where he attacks Ukraine.
Emergency and evacuation
According to Russian Telegram channels, a series of explosions in Saratov and Engels will thunder about 4 in the morning local time. At least four explosions have been heard only at the military airport, Mash reports.
The public shot wrote that the fire also arose in the area of the local oil depot in Engels. Russian officials refused to comment on a possible blow to oil infrastructure.
Generally, Saratov regional governor Roman Busargin said the attack is now the strongest for the entire war war. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said their air defense forces allegedly shot 132 Ukrainian drones overnight, 54 of which in the Saratov region, 40 in the Voronezh region, 22 in the Belgorod region and others in Rostov, Kursk and Lipetsk regions, as well as Crimea.
According to official information by local authorities, in Engels, two civilians were injured, about 30 homes were also damaged in the city, windows were knocked down at a local hospital, two kindergartens and one school. The departure of residents living near the airport continues.
Now a state of emergency has been announced in the Engels District, flights to Saratov and Samara airports are temporarily limited.
Note that Saratov and Engels are opposite each other on the west and east coast of Volga, respectively.
“Drying” air defense
As you know, in the Engels-2 Military Airbase there are strategic firefighters, which are regularly used to apply air strikes in Ukraine.
The general staff of the Ukraine armed forces are responsible for attacking this military facility of the Russian Federation. According to the message, a blow to the unit of special operations of Ukraine’s armed forces, Ukraine’s security service in contact with other components of defense forces were struck.
SBU resource resources said Ukrainian media that Russia’s air defense became “ineffective” and launched rockets towards civilian buildings and infrastructure in Engels and Saratov.
“The SBU with scubes continues to exercise with surgical accuracy in the major military facilities of the Russian Federation, which is really legal military goals. Special operations reduce enemy capabilities to scare Ukrainian cities with misellap,” the source.
What is managed to destroy
OSINT specialists reported that the Engels-2 Air Base was three TU-95ms aircraft and two TU-160s. In the morning, the IL-76 came to the base, probably delivering new K-101 missiles for strategic aviation.
Also, according to the SBU, warehouses are placed at the base not only on winged missiles, but also in phases and cubes.
“After the blow and explosion, the destruction is scattered within a radius of about 5 km, increasing the possibility of aircraft injury,” Osint analysts said.
Osint
Later, Rnbo Andrei Kovalenko representative added that many missiles were destroyed as a result of the shelling, including X-101 cruise missiles.
Not installed resource
The base of Engels is the only airport that most strategic missiles flying around Ukraine, in particular, are X-101 and X-555 classes missiles, Deputy General Director said for producing electronic wrestling funds, aviation expert Anatoly Khrapchinsky.
According to him, there are also aircraft providers for further return to the USA, from which they fly to the battlefield boundaries.
“First, these are warehouses with weapons, and second, warehouses with fuel and mastic materials, as the airport has a sufficient number of reservoirs that provide fuel supply for Russian aircraft. For epresso.
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