On top of being the centerpiece of all russian strategic aviation infrastructure, the Engels air base is also home to the Object S — a nuclear ammunition storage site The Engels Air Base is pivotal in ...

Ukraine on Thursday (Mar 20) struck a strategic Russian bomber airfield in Engels with drones. The massive attack triggered a huge blast and fire about 700 km (435 miles) from the front lines of the ...

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia's Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast was successfully hit by Ukrainian drones overnight on March 20, a source in the Security ...

Russian authorities announced that a large-scale Ukrainian drone strike occurred overnight on March 20, 2025, at the Engels-2 airbase in Saratov Oblast, Russia. Local residents were the first to ...

Ukraine said it hit Russia's Engels-2 air base, causing fires and explosions. Engels-2 is a key Russian base used for launching bomber attacks on Ukraine. While Ukraine attacked the military base ...

But the possible ceasefire isn’t official yet. And besides, the Russian air force bomber base at Engels, near the city of Saratov in southern Russia, isn’t a power plant or an oil refinery.

Explosions at the Engels airfield in Russia's Saratov Oblast on the night of 19-20 March were the result of a joint operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SSU) and the Special Operations Forces of ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...

Engels houses Tu-160 and Tu-95MS long-range strategic bombers, which have been involved in strikes on Ukraine. The airfield is situated 614 km from Ukraine’s border. [UPDATED: March 20, 1:11 pm , Kyiv ...

The overnight attack on Engels airbase in Russia’s Saratov Oblast was a coordinated operation carried out by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and Special Operations Forces (SSO), sources told NV on ...

The Engels base in Saratov region is used by Russian strategic bombers. LONDON -- Russian authorities reported a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack on the Engels airbase in Saratov Oblast overnight ...