Three servicemen were killed during a Ukrainian drone attack at a military air base in southern Russia that hosts strategic bombers, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Monday.
The military personnel died from falling wreckage when Russian air defenses shot down the drone, the state-run Tass news service reported, citing the ministry. No aircraft were damaged, it said.
It’s the second time the Engels base in the Saratov region has been hit this month after an attack Dec. 5 that damaged two Tu-95 bombers, at the same time as a strike on an airfield in the Ryazan area. Ukraine hasn’t publicly confirmed responsibility for any of the incidents at least 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the border between the two countries.
