The airfield in the city of Engels, 800 km from Ukraine, is known for the fact that Tu-95 strategic missile-carrying bombers are based there, which launch missile strikes on the power system. It was in this city near Saratov that an explosion occurred on the night of December 5, which damaged two such planes and injured two soldiers. According to eyewitnesses, the sound of the explosion and the shock wave from it were felt in Engels and Saratov. The moment of the explosion is shown in the night shooting video:

There was also an explosion of a fuel tank at the airfield under the cut. As a result of this incident, three Russian soldiers were killed.

Coincidence or not, but as it became known over the weekend, the Ukroboronprom company is at the final stage of testing a new long-range strike drone. The UAV will be able to fly up to 1,000 km, carrying a charge weighing 75 kg to the target. Natalia Sad, a representative of the concern, told about this on the air of the National Telethon.

According to her, after the drone is successfully tested under the action of EW, it will be tested in combat conditions. They are tentatively scheduled for the end of this year. Or maybe they are already happening – who knows? According to Russia, it was the drone strike that took place in Engels.

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The production of powerful strike drones is entirely within the power of Ukraine. The newest Turkish Bayraktar Kizilelma drone is equipped with Ukrainian-made engines. It is capable of moving at a speed of up to 900 km/h for a distance of up to 930 km and at an altitude of up to 10 km, carrying on board up to 1.5 tons of payload.

But the Iranian Shahed drones, according to the military, are assembled from components and materials that are not capable of operating in cold conditions – which may be one of the reasons for their recent absence.

“Ukroboronprom” teased a kamikaze drone with a flight range of 1000 km and a warhead of 75 kg, and “Return alive” and GUR – a joint project of long-range weapons “Bavivna in Moscow”