Ukraine said its forces carried out what it called the war’s “biggest attack” on Russian military facilities on Tuesday, hitting targets – adding a key airbase – many miles away. another from the border.
A drone unit of the Ukrainian army, the 14th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment, attacked the infrastructure of the Engels-2 airbase, which houses the Russian Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers.
The measures targeted an oil facility that supplied fuel to bombers at Engels, a strategic base about 400 miles away in Russia, in the Saratov region. It is the second time in less than a week that Ukraine attacks the place, causing a fire.
“A complex multi-day operation for the enemy’s strategic air functions has been completed,” he wrote in a statement on the 14th.
Closer to home, the Ukrainian military said it had attacked a chemical plant in the town of Seltso in Russia’s Bryansk region and destroyed two anti-aircraft systems. kyiv said the Seltso plant produces artillery and rocket ammunition, as well as portions for Kh-59 cruise missiles.
Last night, sanctions were once again imposed on Engels. The 14th Long-Range Aviation Regiment reported that, in coordination with other units, they had successfully targeted the infrastructure of the Engels-2 military airfield. This airfield serves as a base for Tu-95MS and… pic.twitter.com/fDFA8AcPqX
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, a branch of the military officially established last year, said drones were used to distract Russian air defenses before missiles rained down on the site. Kyiv resorted to the same tactic in an attack on a warehouse last week.
During this gigantic night operation, the Ukrainian army also attacked the Saratov oil refinery and the Kazanorgsintez plant, setting fires at the sites. He promised to continue offering services to Russia with ammunition, military devices and fuel.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces had shot down about 150 drones outside the “army special operations” zone, a term Moscow uses to refer to its invasion of Ukraine. He mentions the attack on Bryansk and says kyiv fired tactical ballistic weapons. missiles supplied through the United States, but does not provide any important details about the other sites.
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This week’s widespread moves are Ukraine’s most recent cross-border attacks inside Russia. Kyiv has used missiles and drones to attack key military and energy facilities across the country, in a bid to degrade Moscow’s war system and complicate its operations just three years after the start of the conflict. .
The attack campaign highlights Ukraine’s long-standing diversity and ability to threaten critical facilities thousands of miles inside Russia, whether with locally manufactured or Western-supplied weapons.
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