Ukrainian drone downed in Russian air base, 3 killed – agencies

MOSCOW, 26 December 2022, (TON): Russian news agencies said “Russian air defense troops downed a Ukrainian drone as it approached an air base in southern Russia and three people died after being struck by debris.”

It was the second attack on the Engels base this month. Engels, in the southern Saratov region, lies more than 600 kilometers from Ukraine.

On December 26, at around 01:35 Moscow time (2235 GMT), a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down at low altitude while approaching the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region.

“As a result of the fall of the wreckage of the drone, three Russian technical servicemen who were at the airfield were fatally injured.”

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