DRONE ATTACK
The drone assault on Russia was one of many greatest so far.
Roman Busargin, governor of the Saratov area about 720km southeast of Moscow, stated the cities of Saratov and Engels, on reverse banks of the Volga River, had been subjected to a mass drone assault and there was harm to 2 industrial websites. Colleges had shifted to distant studying, he stated.
Ukraine attacked the identical area final week and claimed to have struck an oil depot serving an airbase for Russian nuclear bomber planes, inflicting an enormous hearth that took 5 days to place out.
The drone assault struck a munitions storage facility holding guided bombs and missiles on the Engels airbase in Russia’s Saratov area in addition to different targets, a supply within the Safety Service of Ukraine stated on Tuesday.
The assault precipitated a big hearth on the Aleksinsky chemical plant within the Tula area and a fireplace on the Saratovsky oil refinery, whereas the Bryansk chemical plant was additionally hit, the supply stated. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the claims of injury.
The supply stated there had been subsequent detonations on the Bryansk chemical plant in addition to a big hearth. The operation was carried out by the SBU and Ukraine’s defence forces, the Ukrainian supply informed Reuters from Kyiv.
Flight restrictions had been imposed at airports in Kazan, Saratov, Penza, Ulyanovsk and Nizhnekamsk, Russia’s aviation watchdog stated.
