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On the 306th day of the

war in Ukraine

, Ukrainian forces have attacked the Engels airbase with a drone, some 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

This morning was the second attack this month against the strategic Russian bomber military base.

On December 5, Moscow reported that Ukrainian drones caused explosions at the Engels and another base in the Ryazan region.

On this occasion, three Russian technical officers have died.

Russian forces

shelled dozens of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day

as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as a stance because of continued Russian attacks.

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07.15

At least three dead in attack with a drone against an airfield in Russia

At least three Russian servicemen were killed today in an attack by a Ukrainian drone against the

Engels

airfield , located in the territory of Russia's Saratov region, about

500 kilometers east of Ukraine

, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"On December 26 at about 01:35 Moscow time (22:35 GMT on Sunday), anti-aircraft defense equipment of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian drone at a low altitude when it was approaching the

Engels

military airfield in the

Saratov region,

" he said. Defense in a statement released by the Russian agencies and collected by Efe.

According to the military report,

three soldiers from the technical staff of the aerodrome

, one of the bases of Russia's strategic aviation, died as a result of the falling fragments of the drone.

"The planes were not damaged," stressed Defense.

On the 5th, the Russian command reported that they had intercepted several Ukrainian drones that had as their objectives the

Engels

and

Diaghilevo

airfields , the latter in the Russian region of Ryazan, neighboring Moscow.

On that occasion, due to the falling fragments of the drones -according to the official report-, three soldiers died, another four were injured and two planes suffered minor damage to their fuselage.

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