“Satellite images obtained by MAXAR and analyzed by the reporters of the Scheme project recorded the consequences of the impact of the Defense Forces of Ukraine at the Engels-2 airfield in the Saratov region of Russia. The photo of March 21 is marked by explosions of warehouses and gaps on the site of blows. This airfield is one of the key bases of the strategic aviation of the Russian Federation. “These warehouses stored containers with missiles X-101/X-555, which Russian aviation applies for strikes in Ukraine. Probably, there was also a pre -flight training center, which was destroyed, ”Anatoly Khrapchinsky said in a comment to Scheme. On the night of March 20, units of the Special Operations forces of the Armed Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine in cooperation with other components of defense forces struck the Engels airfield in the Saratov region of Russia, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported. According to the military, a fire, explosions and secondary ammunition detonation were recorded in the airfield area. The source of Radio Liberty in the Security Service of Ukraine also confirmed the attack, noting that the Drones of the SBU and forces of special operations were struck. The interlocutor indicated that the airfield is the key base of the strategic aviation of the Russian Federation-there are bombers of Tu-95MS, TU-22M3 and Tu-160, as well as warehouses from Fabs, cabin and winged rockets. It is from this aerodrome that planes fly, which are inflicting rocket attacks in Ukraine. Earlier, on March 20, the Russian authorities stated that the Saratov region had been attacking drones, in Engels, a hospital building was damaged, one person was injured. Engels in the Saratov region has repeatedly become the purpose of Ukrainian drones. Near the city is the Russian Aviation Abaza “Engels-2”, with strategic bombers fly from it, which strikes in the territory of Ukraine.”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The photo of March 21 is marked by explosions of warehouses and gaps on the site of blows.
This airfield is one of the key bases of the strategic aviation of the Russian Federation.
“These warehouses stored containers with missiles X-101/X-555, which Russian aviation applies for strikes in Ukraine. Probably, there was also a pre -flight training center, which was destroyed, ”Anatoly Khrapchinsky said in a comment to Scheme.
On the night of March 20, units of the Special Operations forces of the Armed Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine in cooperation with other components of defense forces struck the Engels airfield in the Saratov region of Russia, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported.
According to the military, a fire, explosions and secondary ammunition detonation were recorded in the airfield area.
The source of Radio Liberty in the Security Service of Ukraine also confirmed the attack, noting that the Drones of the SBU and forces of special operations were struck.
The interlocutor indicated that the airfield is the key base of the strategic aviation of the Russian Federation-there are bombers of Tu-95MS, TU-22M3 and Tu-160, as well as warehouses from Fabs, cabin and winged rockets. It is from this aerodrome that planes fly, which are inflicting rocket attacks in Ukraine.
Earlier, on March 20, the Russian authorities stated that the Saratov region had been attacking drones, in Engels, a hospital building was damaged, one person was injured.
Engels in the Saratov region has repeatedly become the purpose of Ukrainian drones. Near the city is the Russian Aviation Abaza “Engels-2”, with strategic bombers fly from it, which strikes in the territory of Ukraine.