'Incident' at Russia's Engels air base investigated, no damage to civil infrastructure - local gover

[Kennah]

Source: Reuters

An incident at the Engels air base in Russia's Saratov region was being investigated but there was no damage to civilian infrastructure, a local governor said, after media reports of blasts at the base earlier on Monday.

Ukrainian and Russian media outlets reported that blasts were heard after midnight at the Engels air base, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the frontlines in Ukraine.

"There were no emergencies in residential areas of the (Engels) city," Roman Busargin, the governor of the region, said on the Telegram messaging app.
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The air base, near the city of Saratov, about 730 km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow, was hit on Dec. 5 in what Russia said was Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian air bases that day.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blasts-reported-russias-engels-air-base-online-media-2022-12-26/

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Merry Christmas, Vlad

[Tetrachloride]

1. Imagine that. No civilian damage.

[Tomconroy]

2. There was a big fire visible for miles. Civilian infrastructure may be good

But not military infrastructure.
How air defense?

[More_Cowbell]

3. It looks like there were two attacks tonight

There appears to have been a second attack tonight.

The Ukrainians are getting pretty far into Russia.

If the Russians are wiling to admit they lost 3 soldiers and no plans, it was probably 10 soldiers and lots of planes.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Possibilities include rebellion vs commanders, embezzlement malfunction, drunk Ivan at fuel depot.nt

[yaesu]

5. Seems to have hit a building where rusky pilots slept killing 3, good job Ukraine!!! Nt

[oldsoftie]

6. Need more of this & take out more planes.

be nice if somehow someone could get a rocket into the Kremlin.

[Beastly Boy]

7. Glad to hear

that Russia took the necessary measures to protect civilian infrastructure in the vicinity of an airport that houses nuclear capable strategic bombers that was successfully attacked a couple of weeks ago damaging at least one of the precious bombers.

Great job, Russian strategic military security (he-he)!