Ukrainian forces carried out a mass drone attack on Russia’s Saratov region, causing damage to an industrial enterprise. The General Staff of Ukraine’s military said its forces hit a Russian oil depot in Engels that provides fuel to the airbase.
Saratov Governor Roman Busargin stated that the attack targeted the neighbouring cities of Saratov and Engels, an area that is home to an airbase for Russian bomber planes.
Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that it destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones in the Saratov region. The Ministry also claimed it destroyed a total of 21 Ukrainian drones over Kursk, Rostov, Belgorod, Bryansk, Krasnodar, Volgograd, and the Sea of Azov.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military stated on Wednesday that Russian attacks overnight included 64 drones, mostly targeting areas in central Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials reported a huge fire at the Kombinat Kristall oil depot, which provides fuel to the Engels-2 military airfield in the Saratov region, where Russia’s strategic bomber fleet is located.
At least two Russian firefighters were killed while responding to the fire, Roman Busargin, governor of Saratov region, said in a post on Telegram Wednesday. Another specialist was hospitalized, Busargin said.
Images geolocated by CNN showed large balls of flames lighting up the night sky and plumes of smoke continuing to billow from the site on Wednesday morning.
Busargin confirmed that the cities of Saratov and Engels suffered a “massive” drone attack overnight, which he said had caused damage at an industrial site. Ukraine’s military said this site was the oil depot at the Engels-2 airfield.
Busargin confirmed that the cities of Saratov and Engels suffered a “massive” drone attack overnight, which he said had caused damage at an industrial site. Ukraine’s military said this site was the oil depot at the Engels-2 airfield.