Defense forces hit Engels-2 airfield oil depot again: tanker with Tu-160 jet fuel is on fire - 14th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment. VIDEO

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Today, on January 14, 2025, at night, operators of the 14th Separate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment of the USF, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, re-attacked the infrastructure of the Engels-2 military airfield. Tu-95MS and Tu-160 aircraft of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Division of the Russian Federation are based at the airfield.

This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the press center of the 14th Separate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment

As noted, as a result of the attack, tanks with rare aviation fuel for Tu-160 bombers, which Russia uses to terrorize the civilian population of Ukraine, were again set on fire at the Kristall oil depot.

"The multi-day complex operation to reduce the capabilities of the enemy's strategic aviation is over.

We are doing our best to ensure that Engels fire brigades, who have just extinguished the flames after the previous attack, do not lose their jobs in the increasingly difficult economic situation in Russia," the regiment said.

Earlier, Censor.NET reported that Engels and Saratov attacked by drones: massive fire breaks out at damaged industrial facility, schools transition to remote learning.

Strike on Saratov and Engels on January 8, 2025

Earlier, Censor.NET reported that Saratov and Engels were under a massive drone attack on the night of January 8. Later it became known that the air base's oil storage facility was on fire in Engels after the drone attack.

Later, the Ukrainian Defense Forces confirmed that the oil storage base "Combinat Kristal" in Engels, Russia, had been attacked.

On January 8, local authorities declared a state of emergency. On 13 January, local authorities announced the "extinguishment of outside fire" at the Engels oil depot.

Author: Ольга Кошарна