Ukraine may have found a way to attack Russia’s long-range bombers, concluded The Guardian’s Russia correspondent.
Ilmari Reunamäki,
Leonard Wilhelmus,
Elsa Osipova
14:18•Updated 15:01
In Russia, two separate explosions have killed three people and probably damaged at least two bombers that can be equipped with nuclear weapons, several Russian media reports The Moscow Times by (you switch to another service).
Two Tupolev Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers were damaged after a drone hit the runway at the Engels air base in the Saratov region, Astra Telegram news channel we will tell you (you will switch to another service) based on anonymous sources.
Two Russian soldiers are said to have been hospitalized.
Engels Air Base is located 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border and serves as a central base for Russian nuclear-equipped Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers.
The Saratov region is located along the Volga, a little over 500 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
Governor of the Saratov region by Roman Bussarg said authorities were investigating “information about incidents at military facilities.”
– There have been no alarms from the populated areas of the city, Busargin said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told in the afternoon that the president of Russia to Vladimir Putin an explosion has been reported, says the Russian Tass.
Peskov said the Ministry of Defense would comment on the case in more detail.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has so far not commented on the explosions at the airport.
An explosion also occurred at the airport near Ryazan
In another explosion that occurred today, three people died and six were injured after a fuel tank exploded at an airport near the city of Ryazan in Russia, reports the Reuters news agency, referring to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti.
Ryazan is located about 200 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the events, and the reason for the explosion in Ryazan has not been disclosed.
Has Ukraine found a way to attack Russian bombers?
Russian correspondent for the British newspaper The Guardian Andrew Roth rate (you switch to another service)that the two explosions raise the possibility that Ukraine may have found a way to attack Russia’s long-range bombers.
Russia has used Tu-95 bombers in its attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure, says Roth.
According to Roth, Ukraine signaled last week that it believed Russia was moving cruise missiles to Engels air base and aircraft to an airport near Ryazan for further attacks.
Ukraine is not known to have military equipment capable of attacking hundreds of kilometers from the front lines of the war, but Ukraine is reported to be developing drones capable of long-range strikes, Roth writes.
5.12. at 15:01 Added Kremlin comments.
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