The authorities of Engels explained the announcement of an air raid alert by increasing combat readiness

This is reported by the agency "Region 64".

“The siren was turned on in order to increase combat readiness,” said Yury Yunin, head of the department for the safety of the population of the government of the Saratov region.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone on approach to the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region.

As a result of the fall of the wreckage of the drone, three Russian servicemen were killed.