At least three Russian soldiers have died this morning in an attack by a Ukrainian drone against the russian engels airbasein the south of Russia and about 500 kilometers east of Ukraine.
Given this fact, kyiv has warned that this is “the consequence of Russian aggression against Ukraine.” “If the Russians thought that the war would not affect their rear, they were wrong,” said Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat.
Russian authorities have reported that air defenses have shot down a drone that was approaching the airbase. However, the fragments of the aircraft have killed three soldiers.
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“On December 26, at around 01:35 Moscow time, a Ukrainian UAV was shot down at low altitude while approaching the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. a statement picked up by the TASS news agency.
Russian sources report second drone attack on Engels air base deep inside Russia. Does Russia have any air defense at all? pic.twitter.com/zxT0vAoQaL
— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) December 26, 2022
“As a result of the falling wreckage of the drone, three Russian servicemen from technical personnel who were at the airfield were fatally injured. Aviation equipment was not damaged“, added the ministerial portfolio.
Russian ministry of defense says 3 military were killed at Engels airbase as air defense shot a drone, no damage to planes https://t.co/U5ruar7Y5l pic.twitter.com/eX43Gj8nmr
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On the 5th, the Russian command reported that they had intercepted several Ukrainian drones that had the airfields as their objectives. Engels and Diaghilevo, the latter in the Russian region of Ryazan, neighboring that of Moscow.
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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.
Also around those dates, the airport in the Russian region of Kursk, on the border with Ukraine, suffered a drone attackas reported by Russian government sources. As a result of this attack, for which Moscow blamed Ukraine, oil storage tank caught fire from the aerodrome.
Given this, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has urgently summoned the Security Council of Russia to analyze the drone attacks perpetrated against strategic aviation airfields in Russian territory.
