2 Bombers Damaged In Suspected Drone Strike At Engels-2 Air Base
December 06 2022
A pair of Russian strategic bombers have been damaged in a suspected drone attack on an air base deep within Russia, reports the Aviationist blog.
Early Monday morning, there was an explosion at the Engels-2 Air Base in Saratov Oblast, about 250 miles (400 km) southeast of Moscow and 435 miles (700 km) from the border with Ukraine.
CCTV camera footage posted on social media showed a large explosion, with early reports indicating that two Tu-95 bombers were damaged, three people...
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