The "Schemes" project published satellite images of the Russian airfield "Engels-2" (Saratov region, Russian Federation) after the drone attack.
The pictures show what the air base of Russiaʼs strategic aviation looked like after the explosion that occurred in the morning of December 5. The photo taken at 9:00 a.m. on December 6 shows a cluster of fire engines, as well as one of the Tu-95 aircraft, which appears to be damaged. For comparison, in the pictures from December 4, you can see what kind of aircraft was there before:
- 21 Tu-95 bombers;
- 6 Tu-160 bombers;
- 2 IL-76 cargo and transport vehicles;
- 1 cargo plane An-124 "Ruslan"
In the picture taken on December 6, after the explosion, the number of planes decreased.
- On December 5, drones attacked two airfields in Russia — in Dyaghilevo and Engels, on which strategic aviation is based. It is from these airfields that Russian planes take off to launch missile strikes on Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation acknowledged the death of three servicemen and the damage to two military aircraft.
- On the same day, the first satellite image of the consequences of the explosion at the Dyaghilevo airfield in Ryazan region appeared. The photo shows the site of the explosion near the Tu-22M3.