It reported multiple explosions and a big fire at "Kristal" oil depot, which it said provided fuel to the "Engels-2" military airfield, where Russia's strategic bomber fleet is based. "The strike of the oil depot creates serious logistical problems for the strategic aviation of the Russian occupiers and significantly reduces their ability to strike at peaceful Ukrainian cities and civilian objects,

Ukraine launched an overnight strike deep inside Russia that set fire to an oil depot that serves an air base for Russian nuclear bomber planes, the Ukrainian military said on Wednesday. Russian regional governor Roman Busargin said the cities of Engels and Saratov,

Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian cities of Saratov and Engels, where Russia has an air base for its fleet of strategic bomber planes, the regional governor said on Wednesday. Governor Roman Busargin said the two cities had been subject to a mass drone attack and there was damage to an industrial site.

Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia overnight and attacked the Saratov region, causing a major fire in the city of Engels, the local governor said on Wednesday.