“Innocent Town” Engels on Fire: Massive Drone Attack Causes Series of Explosions

“Innocent town” Engels is on fire: massive drone attack led to a series of explosions Oles Drukach

The city of Engels in the Saratov region of Russia was under a massive drone attack on the night of January 8. Eyewitness videos show explosions and fires.

It is near this settlement that the Russian military airbase is located, from where Tu-95MS take off with their cruise missiles. 24 Channel collected what is currently known about the attack on Engels.

Air attack on Engels on January 8: what is known

On the night of January 8, Engels, Saratov region Russia was attacked by drones. Explosions began to be heard around 3 am and continued for quite a long time.

Local Telegram channels acknowledged several arrivals, others wrote about falling debris. Be that as it may, we have many eyewitness videos that testify to UAV flights, numerous explosions and a large fire. Preliminary, it is an oil depot that is burning.

A fire after a UAV attack near an oil depot in Engels: watch the eyewitness videos (warning, swearing is heard, 18+)

Naturally, air defense is operating in the city, and a siren is sounding. The governor of the Saratov region initially only wrote about the drone threat. Meanwhile, the locals had heard several dozen explosions already..

Later, the governor wrote that the debris from the downed drones fell on an industrial facility. This is the kind of disaster that befell the “innocent town”, as one of the commentators, whom you can hear in the video, called it.

Note that the airfield from which the “Tushki” take off is located right near Engels. These are strategic bombers of the Russian army, which launch cruise missiles at Ukraine.60~/strong>.