As of: March 23, 2024, 5:08 a.m
By: Simon Schröder
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Ukraine is intensifying its attacks against strategically important facilities in Russia.
Drones are now supposed to put Putin's air force under pressure.
Engels - Ukraine is increasingly attacking targets deep inside the Russian invaders' interior.
Ukrainian drones recently attacked a Kremlin air base, which is located approximately 480 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border.
There was a bright flash over the town of Engels on the night of Wednesday (March 20).
Kiev's drones had targeted the military base there.
Drones shot down by Russian military over air base
According to the governor of Saratov Oblast, Roman Busargin, some drones were shot down by the Russian military over the city of Engels, as he announced on the Telegram news service.
According to unknown sources in the Telegram channel “Astra”, three out of four drones fell to the ground not far from the air force base.
The Russian Ministry of Defense appears to support this information.
Four unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over the Saratov region, the ministry announced early on Wednesday morning.
The Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic bomber with nuclear capabilities.
He also landed at the Engels-2 air base and regularly bombed Ukraine.
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Engels-2 important military base for Putin: Ukrainian attacks endanger the base
The “Airbase” Engels-2 is an important hub for Russian bombers.
Nuclear bombers such as the Tupolev Tu-160 also frequent here.
The Ukrainian military had repeatedly attacked the base with drones.
In total, six people died in two separate attacks by unmanned aircraft at the Engels-2 air base in December 2022,
Newsweek
reports.
The air bases in Russia are of very high strategic importance, including in the Ukraine war.
The Russian long-range bombers are bringing death and destruction to Ukrainian cities.
But: The bombers cannot take off from every airfield.
That is why Engels-2 has been the focus of the Ukrainian armed forces since December 2022.
Since the December attacks, the Russian military has had to relocate many of its strategic aircraft to a remote airfield near Olenya, according to the
Tagesspiegel
.
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Exactly how many of these long-range bombers Russia has is unclear.
According to military magazine
Military Balance 2023,
the Kremlin Air Force has 60 Tu-95MS long-range bombers, 16 Tu-160 and 66 Tu-22M3 long-range bombers.
The
UK Defense Journal,
on the other hand, put the number of long-range bombers at a good 40 fewer aircraft.
(SiSchr)