Overnight Strikes in Russia: Fire Erupts in Engels, Dyagilevo Military Air Base Targeted, Explosion at Bryansk Airport

In the early hours of June 6, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted strikes on multiple critical military targets within Russian territory.

This information was reported by Telegram channels and confirmed by local residents on social media.

At approximately 3:00 a.m., unmanned aerial vehicles targeted a fuel storage facility at the Rosrezerv’s Kristall plant in Engels, the Saratov Oblast, which supplies fuel to Russian strategic bomber aircraft.

This fuel storage facility specifically supplies the nearby Engels-2 military airbase. It is from here that Russian Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers take off for missile strikes against Ukraine.

As a result of the drone strikes, several fuel tanks caught fire. The Russian authorities have yet to contain the blaze. Local eyewitnesses are sharing numerous videos on social media showing the fire and thick black smoke visible for many kilometers.

The Governor of the Saratov region, Roman Busargin, confirmed the UAV attack on Engels and stated that “a fire broke out at one of the industrial facilities as a result of the attack.” He did not specify the exact location of the fire.

The Russian Astra Telegram channel, citing local residents, reported an overnight drone attack on the Dyagilevo military air base in Ryazan.

A fire is reported near the village of Podvyazye, which is located near a Russian military air base.

Prior to these strikes, powerful explosions and a fire occurred late in the evening on June 5 at the Bryansk Airport. Astra notes that this followed an attack by the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Videos from local eyewitnesses captured secondary explosions, suggesting that a weapons system or an ammunition or missile storage facility was struck.

As for now, the exact target of the strike remains unknown, but the footage clearly indicates a successful impact.

As previously reported, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in coordination with the Security Service of Ukraine, executed a missile strike against a Russian Iskander missile system in the Bryansk region.