Russia started the day like a nightmare. The Moscow administration, which had a hard time with Ukraine’s surprise counterattack at the beginning of August, experienced another brief shock with new news from the city of Saratov. The incident, which brought to mind the “September 11 attacks”, the bloodiest terrorist attack in US history, occurred at around 06:10 local time in the morning.
DROVE INTO A 37-STOREY BUILDING
A kamikaze drone fired by Ukrainians hit a high-rise building in the city of Saratov, about 600 kilometers from the border.
Following the attack, at least three floors of the 37-story building were observed to have been damaged, with Russian authorities announcing that many people were injured and one woman was in serious condition.
In addition to the 37-storey building in Saratov, a kamikaze drone also hit the roof of a smaller building in Engels, on the opposite bank of the Volga River.
THE REAL TARGET WAS ENGELS AIR BASE
It was reported that the main target of the Ukrainian army’s attacks was the Engels air base, which hosts strategic bombers.
STATEMENT FROM RUSSIA
The Russian Ministry of Defense also announced this morning in an official statement that 20 kamikaze UAVs launched by Ukrainians were shot down. The official statement said that nine kamikaze drones were destroyed in the Saratov region.
Ukraine’s surprise attack in early August caused Russia to lose control of its own territory for the first time since World War II.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday evening that two more settlements in the Kursk region had been captured and that troops had advanced one to three kilometers.
“AT LEAST 247 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WERE TAKEN PRISONER” CLAIM
The American Washington Post newspaper reported that the Ukrainian army captured at least 247 Russian soldiers in a cross-border attack in the Kursk region.
IRANIAN PRODUCTION SHAHEED-136S HIT
The Russian army, on the other hand, bombarded Ukraine with Iranian-made kamikaze drones Shahid-136 and missiles starting at midnight, and explosions followed the sirens that rang in many cities. The Ukrainians attacked the Engels air base 600 km away, and a video recorded caused shock. A small plane crashed into a high-rise building in the city. The images of the moment of impact caused a great impact around the world.