The Governor of Saratov Region reported the "debris" from an allegedly shot-down drone landing on an industrial site in Engels.
Explosions were heard over Engels in the Saratov region of Russia on the night of January 8. A fire broke out at a fuel depot.
Local authorities in Russia announced a massive drone attack.
Russian Telegram channels, citing local residents, reported hearing approximately 25 loud explosions in several areas of the city.
Footage of a significant fire in the vicinity of the fuel depot in Engels also emerged.
Governor Roman Busergin of Saratov reported a drone threat and later confirmed the "debris landing on an industrial site in Engels."
It is known that Engels hosts an airfield where strategic TU-95 bombers are stationed, which has been targeted by drones multiple times.
The base supplied fuel to the military airfield "Engels-2," reported the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Incidentally, against the backdrop of reports about the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region, a military expert explained the current situation regarding the grouping of forces in that direction.
According to military expert Alexander Kovalenko, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the Kursk region the day before, apparently not just to award our soldiers.
It is also important that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine revealed the losses of Russian occupation troops during our operation in the Kursk region—over 38,000 personnel.