Three military personnel have been killed in an attack by a Ukrainian drone, the Russian Defense Ministry said after an explosion at an air force base in southern Russia.
This air force base was attacked by what is believed to be the Ukrainian side just earlier this month, and it is believed that the Putin administration in Russia may be taking the situation seriously.
Local media in Ukraine and Russia reported on the 26th that two explosions occurred at an air force base in Engels, Saratov province in southern Russia.
The explosion occurred in the early hours of the 26th, and sirens rang out at the scene, and firefighters headed to the scene.
The governor of Saratov province posted on social media on the 26th, "We are confirming what happened at the military facility. There is no emergency in the residential area of the city. There is no damage to the civilian infrastructure." I am posting.
On the morning of the 26th, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced through the Russian state news agency that it had been attacked by a Ukrainian drone.
"The drone was shot down, but debris fell, killing three Russian soldiers," it said.
It also said that there was no damage to the aircraft at the base.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side has not made an official announcement so far.
The Engels Air Force Base is a strategically important base for the Russian military, where many strategic bombers are deployed. Independent media reported that two Tupolev Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers had been damaged.
It is believed that the Putin administration may be taking the situation seriously, saying that it was attacked again by the Ukrainian side as it strengthened its vigilance against attacks on Russian territory.
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Engels Air Force Base is located in the Saratov region in southern Russia, about 700 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
It is also about 500 kilometers from the border with eastern Ukraine and about 600 kilometers from the area where the Ukrainian military is based.
The British Ministry of Defense, which is analyzing the war situation, pointed out on the 6th of this month that Engels Air Force Base is the main base of the Russian military, where more than 30 bombers are deployed.
Multiple Western media have reported that this air force base is an important location for Russia's nuclear forces because it has nuclear weapons storage facilities and strategic bombers that can carry nuclear weapons.
Russian independent media have also reported that the air base is a sortie base for bombers carrying out airstrikes on energy-related facilities across Ukraine.