GUR drones attacked the Russian aerodrome "Engels" - sources of focus
"The airfield of the PCS strategic aviation in Engels has been attacked by drones. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation states that all UAVs are shot down, but in local chats and groups they write about arrivals and fire," the interlocutor said. The publication "Ukrainian Pravda", for its part, states that the blows on the aerodrome "Engels" were inflicted by Ukrainian drones "February".
The Ministry of Defense of Russia claims that in general, five "Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles" were allegedly destroyed. And one of them was "knocked down" above the Belgorod region, and the other four - over Saratov. The department silences information about the consequences of the attack. Engels is the air base of the Air Force-"Engels-2". The distance from this airfield to the nearest territory under the control of Ukraine is approximately 700 kilometers.
It is here that one of the largest and technically equipped airbazes in the Russian Federation, from which strategic bombers for attacks on targets in Ukraine, Tu-95MS. On January 10, the aerodrome "Engels - 2" attacked drones. At the same time, the wreckage of drones fell into the airborne area, which is based on Tu-95 and Tu-160 planes. In addition, on February 3, it became known about the shooting in Russia of the pilot of the bomber TU - 95. It was Major Oleg Stregachev.