Three people have died after a strategic airbase housing Vladimir Putin 's nuclear bomber planes was hit by a Ukrainian drone.
Loud blasts were heard early on Monday at the airfield deep inside Russia, which is used by the military's Tu-95 and Tu-160 nuclear missile-carrying planes.
Early reports said three people were killed and four more hospitalised following the attack on the Engels-2 military base in the Saratov region, according to Russian news outlet Baza.
