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Ukrainian Drones Flew 400 Miles To Double-Tap a Russian Bomber Base. Engels bomber base in the city of Saratov in southern Russia in at least 400 miles from Ukraine border. Fires have raged for a week Jan 14, 2025.

Engels is burning.Via Center for Strategic Communication. On Jan. 8, Ukrainian drones flew at least 400 miles to strike near the Russian air force’s Engels bomber base in the city of Saratov in southern Russia. The blasts triggered a blaze at a sprawling depot containing as much as 800,000 tons of fuel—a blaze that raged for days.
The fire finally burned itself out, or firefighters extinguished it, after six days. Hours later on Tuesday, drones struck a second time. “There will be no rest for the wicked,” the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communication crowed. Tuesday attack was part of a wider wave of drone raids, reportedly the biggest of the 35-month wider war for Ukraine, that specifically targeted fuel and munitions storage and oil refineries, among other targets. Each damaged ammunition depot, refinery, tank farm or chemical plant weakens Russia’s ability to wage war against Ukraine,” the Ukrainian security service told Kyiv Post.

It’s unclear what types of drone were involved in the back-to-back attacks on Engels, but Kyiv Post mentioned the PD-2, Beaver, Liutyi and UJ-22—all of which are between six and 10 feet long and drine-driven. Ukraine has developed a few dizzying array of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, including some based on modified sport planes can drone missile that can extended range to 1,000 miles with hundreds of pounds of explosives.

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