Airport traffic was suspended and fires started in a number of Russian towns following a huge attack by Ukrainian drones. More than 200 drones were shot down, according to media reports on Tuesday. Among other things, the strike used American ATACMS missiles and the most recent Ukrainian rocket drones.
The media stated that the Russian Federation's areas were hit by the biggest attack of the year, according to the Russian channel Shot on Telegram. Shot's data indicates that last night, more than 200 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones were shot down over Russian territory.
Additionally, according to Shot, five American ATACMS missiles, PD-2, Bobr, Luty, and UJ-22 drones were used in the strikes. The neighborhoods around the cities of Engels were the targeted.Western Russia's Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, and Tula.
The targets in Engels, Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, and Tula included refineries, fuel depots, Russian air defense, and factories that produce materials and components for weapon manufacturing, according to Andriy Kovalенкo, head of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, who made the comment on Telegram.
Early in the morning, the Russian agency TASS said that airports in Kazan, Kaluga, Saratov, and Tambov, as well as Penza and Ulyanovsk, would temporarily limit aircraft traffic. The Saratov government has implemented remote learning in its educational institutions.
An industrial firm in the Saratov region's city of Engels suffered damage from an attack last night, according to the Ukrainian portal Cenzor.
A state of emergency was imposed there the day prior after Ukrainian drones attacked. Next, a Russian strategic bomber fuel base was hit by the Ukrainians.
When Censor wrote on the situation in Kazan, he mentioned a large fire near the Kazan-Orgsyntez plant. The website claims that this business is the sole manufacturer of polycarbonates and other high-strength plastics in Russia.
