“The Rospotrebnadzor department for the Saratov region received appeals from residents of the Saratov region about incoming calls from unknown persons,” the report says.

It is noted that during the conversation, the unknown introduce themselves as employees of Rospotrebnadzor and “in connection with the emergency at the Engels airfield, they are advised to purchase potassium iodide, and also, if possible, leave the surrounding areas.

The department urged citizens to "draw information from official sources."

On the eve of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Kyiv regime on the morning of December 5 tried to disable Russian long-range aircraft and strike with Soviet-made jet drones at the Dyagilevo military airfields in the Ryazan region and Engels in the Saratov region.