According to reports, two Tu-95 nuclear bombers were hit by a drone.
Two explosions possibly carried out by Ukraine hit two Russian nuclear bombers and causing three deaths and six injuries, media reports claimed on Monday.
The Tupolev Tu-95 is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces in 1956 and was first used in combat in 2015.
BREAKING: Two powerful explosions at Russian Engels airfield near Saratov pic.twitter.com/5u2wglpkcE
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Engels Air Force Base is a strategic bomber military airbase in Russia located 14 kilometres east of Saratov. Engels is a major bomber operations base, and is Russia’s sole operating location for the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber.