US EditionThe Triple Tap Raid On the Engels Bomber Base Cost Russia $9.6 Billion
- On March 20, 2025, Ukraine's military conducted a drone strike on Russia's Engels-2 airbase in Saratov Oblast, approximately 370-450 miles from the Ukrainian border, which is a key hub for Russia's strategic bomber fleet.
- The Engels-2 base, tracing its history to the Soviet era, functions as a logistical hub, storing munitions and fuel necessary for Russia's air campaign and housing strategic bombers like the Tu-95 and Tu-160.
- Ukraine's General Staff claimed the strike destroyed 96 air-launched cruise missiles and struck aviation fuel storage sites, with independent imagery confirming the leveling of an ammunition depot and secondary explosions indicating the destruction of volatile materials.
- Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukrainian weapons are proving effective far from the front lines, while the British Defense Ministry called the event 'one of the most strategically significant failures of force protection since invasion' and Saratov Oblast Governor Roman Busargin described it as the region’s most intense drone attack since the war began.
- The strike, which led to a state of emergency in the region, underscores the escalating use of long-range drones and may disrupt Russia's ability to conduct long-range strikes, potentially forcing a shift to less precise weapons and requiring substantial resources to replace destroyed missiles and repair the base, although Russia states its air defenses downed over 130 Ukrainian drones during the assault.
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JingletreeUkraine says its latest attack on a Russian air base blew up 96 cruise missiles
Smoke rising from Engels airbase after the Ukrainian attack.SOCIAL MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA via REUTERSUkraine said a recent attack on Russia's Engels-2 air base destroyed 96 cruise missiles.Satellite images show blackened craters.Russia has used the air base to launch regular bomber attacks on Ukraine.Ukraine's armed forces said that a recent attack on one of Russia's key military air bases caused a stockpile of 96 air-launched cruise missiles to exp…
Ukraine's Engels drone strike destroyed 96 Russian cruise missiles, General Staff claims
Ukraine's strike on Russia's Engels-2 military airfield on March 20 destroyed 96 air-launched cruise missiles, Ukraine's General Staff said on March 26.The missiles were reportedly intended for three planned strikes in March and April.The attack destroyed multiple Kh-101 cruise missiles, among other munitions, Andrii Kovalenko, an official at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said on March 20.A fire, explosions, and secondary deto…
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