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Airbase housing Putin's prized £130m supersonic Blackjack bombers deep inside Russian territory 'is struck by Ukrainian kamikaze drones'
Daily Mail ^ | 3/20/2024 | Will Stewart

Posted on 03/20/2024 7:14:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Ukraine hit a key Russian airbase used for nuclear bombers in an overnight kamikaze drone strike as part of a consolidated aerial bombardment of several border regions.

The 'explosions and fire' at the airbase came as pro-Putin sources also accused Kyiv of targeting a nuclear power plant in Kursk region.

Explosions were heard at Engels air base in the Saratov region, home of Vladimir Putin's Tu-160 'Blackjack', Tu-95 'Bear' and Tu-22 strike aircraft, late last night.

All of these planes are capable of carrying nuclear missiles but have been used to strike Ukraine with conventional bombs throughout the past two years of war.

Independent Russia media outlet Astra said its sources indicated three out of four kamikaze drones had struck the Engels-2 air base, with multiple explosions from the drones picked up by security cameras.

Ukrainian media today confirmed that the GUR military intelligence agency had conducted the strikes.

Regional governor Roman Busargin claimed all the incoming Ukrainian drones were 'eliminated' over Engels - but locals gave contradictory accounts.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 03/20/2024 7:14:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus
I wonder if the US military is providing the Ukrainian military with support and coordination for these raids deep inside Russia?

Anyone have insight on this?
2 posted on 03/20/2024 7:16:12 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: marcusmaximus

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3 posted on 03/20/2024 7:18:49 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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4 posted on 03/20/2024 7:19:30 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: moovova

Tell Russia to leave Ukraine. It’s not their country.


5 posted on 03/20/2024 7:21:06 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: The Louiswu

Fair question. The follow up is what are the odds Ukraine has the capability to strike accurately, deep within Russian territory, with these drones?


6 posted on 03/20/2024 7:30:53 AM PDT by desertsolitaire
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To: marcusmaximus
Tell Russia to leave Ukraine. It’s not their country.

We all know that won't happen as long as NATO still has its puppets running the Maidan-Azov-Kiev government.

7 posted on 03/20/2024 7:31:01 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: The Louiswu

All they would need is current satellite imagery overlaid with gps coordinates. These drones are gps guided (probably). That would require US DOD cooperation. A bit of no-cost assistance as the US would be doing this anyway.

Commercial satellite imagery would do, from the aspect of resolution, but its not timely enough for targeting.


8 posted on 03/20/2024 7:32:59 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Stronk goodwill gestures by 2 Tu-95MS at Engels last night! LOL!


9 posted on 03/20/2024 7:33:20 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: buwaya

2 of 6 Tu-95’s stationed at the base were hit last night.


10 posted on 03/20/2024 7:35:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: PGR88

Tell Russia to stop bombing their own village of Kozynka in the Belgorod region.


11 posted on 03/20/2024 7:38:49 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: desertsolitaire

If they have the ability to generate accurate GPS coordinates, and pick up and decrypt the precise CDMA code, there is no reason Ukraine cant do this.


12 posted on 03/20/2024 7:39:59 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: marcusmaximus

We can hope they were disabled. These are primary platforms for launching cruise missile attacks on Ukraine.


13 posted on 03/20/2024 7:46:05 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: buwaya

Reports that those 2 bombers will not be flying anytime soon, if ever.


14 posted on 03/20/2024 7:54:22 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

The Putin lovers on FR must be wetting themselves.


15 posted on 03/20/2024 7:56:34 AM PDT by rexthecat
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To: marcusmaximus

Keep ticking off the Russians and watch them supply the Houthies with missiles capable of taking out one of our aircraft carriers. That’s exactly where this is heading.


16 posted on 03/20/2024 8:04:48 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: marcusmaximus

The people of Donbas voted overwhelmingly THEY ARE RUSSIANS and WANT TO BE PART OF RUSSIA.


17 posted on 03/20/2024 8:07:41 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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Keep ticking off the Russians and watch them supply the Houthies with missiles capable of taking out one of our aircraft carriers. That’s exactly where this is heading.

Biden is doing just great.

18 posted on 03/20/2024 8:07:59 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: marcusmaximus

That’ll win the war in Ukraine! The Russians are decimating the Ukes with hundreds of tons of horrific FAB glide bombs and losing NO planes. Remember when you were crowing about the Ukes destroying the Russian Air Force in Ukraine a couple of weeks ago? What happened? Why no reports in the last ten days? NATO was asking the same question. They crap canned the Uke air defense main PR guy yesterday. Not one BS lie in two weeks! Put in you application. Shoot, you’ve developed one heck of a Baghdad Bob resume that NATO could easily check out right here on FR.


19 posted on 03/20/2024 8:11:25 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: 1Old Pro

The people running our foreign policy are just unbelievably stupid.


20 posted on 03/20/2024 8:13:42 AM PDT by jimwatx
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