Two Russian air bases hit by mysterious explosion in a possible attack by Ukraine

A Russian TU-95 bomber prepares to take off at a military airbase in Engels in Russia’s Saratov region. Photograph: AP

Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

Important Takeaways:

  • Explosions rocked two Russian airbases far from the frontlines on Monday as Kyiv appeared to launch a pre-emptive strike on the bombers that the Kremlin has used to try to cripple the Ukrainian electrical grid.
  • The attack, if confirmed, would be an unprecedented operation deep inside Russia
  • Russian media reports… an explosion at the Engels-2 airbase, and the Dyagilevo military airbase near Ryazan, a city less than 150 miles from Moscow
  • If confirmed as a Ukrainian operation, the strike on the Engels airbase would be the most daring attack behind Russian lines to date. The airbase is a crucial site for Russian air force operations against Ukraine and for the country’s strategic nuclear forces. It has a nuclear weapons storage bunker with warheads that can be deployed on Russia’s long-range strategic bombers.
  • Satellite images published by Der Spiegel last week showed 20 strategic bombers parked on the runway at the Engels airbase in preparation for another strike on Ukraine. Satellite imagery released by Maxar showed that those bombers remained parked on the runway through Sunday.
  • A Ukrainian official offered a cryptic appraisal of Monday’s explosions… “If it was, they would know: if something is launched into other countries’ airspace, sooner or later unknown flying objects will return to departure point.”

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