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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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To: desertsolitaire

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

UKR has Russian partisans and its own people on the ground inside Russia. It does not need US help to find the thousands of targets inside the country. The odds are rigged in UKR’s favor here.


21 posted on 03/20/2024 8:14:04 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: jimwatx
The people running our foreign policy are just unbelievably stupid.

The people running our government are just unbelievably stupid.

22 posted on 03/20/2024 8:14:48 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: rexthecat

The Putin lovers on FR must be wetting themselves.


Yes - you can tell by all their denials - same as their Masters are saying.


23 posted on 03/20/2024 8:15:31 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: marcusmaximus
The annexed territory, with full consent of the people living there, IS RUSSIAN FEDERATION TERRITORY. It will continue to be defended as such. It's NEVER going back to Ukraine.

What about all that don't you, Zeeptard?

And, if Ukraine and NATO continue to attack Russian Federation, Russia will take more territory.

The options for Ukraine are surrender and safe what's left of Ukraine or continue and lose more territory. There are no options.

24 posted on 03/20/2024 8:24:10 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: moovova; marcusmaximus

Interestingly, Marxist Democrats demean Americans in the exactly the same way for also wanting to defend their own borders, language and culture from invaders.


25 posted on 03/20/2024 8:29:55 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: marcusmaximus
Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Ukraine continues to lose more territory DAILY:

15 Total Ukrainian Brigades Could Not Stop Russia In Avdiivka Direction. Russia Captured Village.

Victory Achieved | Russians Successfully Capture Orlivka And Now Threat To Collapse The Entire Front

26 posted on 03/20/2024 8:35:52 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Gnome1949

Factually incorrect. The people of Zaporizhia, Ukraine never voted to be part of Russia and have never been occupied by Tsar Putin’s invading Russian Nazi army. Not even a fake Stalinist vote. 800,000 people. Yet still the genocidal KGB Kremlin filthy had a fevered dream and declared them part of Russia. Those are the facts but I can you’re not interested in them. So good luck with armchair hobby observing these events.


27 posted on 03/20/2024 8:37:43 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: marcusmaximus

If true, that’s cool.

More dead Russians and more destroyed Russian equipment.


28 posted on 03/20/2024 8:59:58 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: PGR88
We all know that won't happen as long as NATO still has its puppets running the Maidan-Azov-Kiev government.

Zelensky was elected in an open and fair election. Stop with the Russian propaganda.

29 posted on 03/20/2024 9:00:28 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Gnome1949
The people of Donbas voted overwhelmingly THEY ARE RUSSIANS and WANT TO BE PART OF RUSSIA.

Yeah, and the Easter Bunny brings chocolate eggs.

30 posted on 03/20/2024 9:03:24 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Kazan

See post #30.


31 posted on 03/20/2024 9:05:12 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

Zelensky was elected on the promise he would end the war and instead did just the opposite.


32 posted on 03/20/2024 9:19:42 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Petrosius
Zelensky was elected in an open and fair election. Stop with the Russian propaganda

An election in which the largest party was banned, and its leaders chased out of the country, in which the Eastern regions of the country were not allowed to participate, and in which the main NATO candidate (Zelensky), was paid-for by the country's top oligarch

Stop with the zeeper stupidity.

33 posted on 03/20/2024 9:52:34 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Kazan

What Ukrainian F-16 over Romania doink?


34 posted on 03/20/2024 10:20:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: The Louiswu

This is basically like somebody attacking Barksdale or Moffit AFB where our nuclear bombers are mostly.

How long would we tolerate attacks on the home of our nuke bombers?


35 posted on 03/20/2024 4:14:15 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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