On the night of January 10, during a night attack on the Saratov region of the Russian Federation, two drones crashed on the territory of a military airfield in Engels. ASTRA writes about this with reference to its sources, UNN informs.
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The Russian Defense Ministry stated that UAVs were shot down over the region at night. However, according to ASTRA, there were 2 drones, they were shot down and crashed on the territory of the Engels 2 military airfield. The consequences are unknown.
As noted, as of 2021, the Engels air base is the only one in Russia where Tu-160 strategic bombers are based. Since February 2022, the base has been used for large-scale air strikes against Ukraine. On December 26, 2022, three Russian servicemen were killed in an attack on the airfield.