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Blasts reported at Engels air base deep inside Russia - online media
Reuters MSN ^ | 12/25/2022 | Reuters

Posted on 12/25/2022 5:01:39 PM PST by marcusmaximus

Blasts were heard at Russia's Engels air base, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the frontlines in Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian media outlets reported early on Monday.

There was no immediate official confirmation of the blasts and Reuters was not able to independently verify the reports.

The RBC-Ukraine news agency reported that two explosions took place.

The Russian news outlet Baza reported, citing local residents, that air raid sirens were wailing and an explosion was heard.

The air base, near the city of Saratov, about 730 km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow, was hit on Dec. 5 in what Russia said was Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian air bases that day.

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KEYWORDS: china; communistpropaganda; cuba; engels; englels2; goodwillgesture; iran; maximumtrolling; northkorea; notourwar; putin; russia; ukrainetruththread; venezuela
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Preemptive Ukrainian drone strike while Russia was preparing another mass missile attack on Ukraine on the 26th. Rumors 2 Russian strategic bombers were hit as well as Russian cruise missiles stored at the base.
1 posted on 12/25/2022 5:01:39 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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Engels Air Force Base (Russian: Энгельс, formally Engels-2) is a strategic bomber military airbase in Russia located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Saratov. Engels is a major bomber operations base, and is Russia's sole operating location for the Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO: Blackjack) strategic bomber. The base has a 3,500-metre (11,500 ft) runway and about 10 large revetments. It is named after the nearby city of Engels, which is named after the Communist philosopher, Friedrich Engels.

Waiting for a Putinista to chirp "See? America renames things due to wokeness...Russia holds on to tradition."

2 posted on 12/25/2022 5:07:32 PM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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You ain’t gonna like the nuclear war you want so badly.


3 posted on 12/25/2022 5:11:08 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Tell your Putin to leave Ukraine.


4 posted on 12/25/2022 5:12:01 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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Huh?


5 posted on 12/25/2022 5:12:18 PM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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What really galls me about these anti Ukraine folks is they are rhetorical bomb throwers.

Then they complain that you are irresponsible.

They constantly accuse anyone who disagrees with them, of really bizarre stuff.

For example, you were just accused matter of factly, of wanting a nuclear war.

And they talk matter of factly about us all being “paid” by Soros, the military industrial complex, etc.

Then they insist they are the sensible ones and crazies like us are going to destroy the world.


6 posted on 12/25/2022 5:31:35 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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Tell your Biden to stop interfering in everyone’s agreements. 2014 Minsks, anyone?


7 posted on 12/25/2022 5:32:44 PM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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What is it with Putinists and a nuclear war fetish? Obviously, it’s something they fantasize about.


8 posted on 12/25/2022 5:34:10 PM PST by lodi90
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Russian TU-95 MS heavy bomber loaded with cruise moss completely destroyed in the strike.


9 posted on 12/25/2022 5:35:35 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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Yet they can’t wait to tell us there is “no communism in Russia.” LOL.


10 posted on 12/25/2022 5:35:39 PM PST by lodi90
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Trump Iran policy anyone? Or are we good with Biden partnering with Putin to bust Trump’s excellent Middle East policies?


11 posted on 12/25/2022 5:36:33 PM PST by lodi90
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Putin still MIA this weekend. Did his boyfriend Lukashenko give him COVID last week?


12 posted on 12/25/2022 5:39:41 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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That’s gonna take a couple weeks to replace. Lol.


13 posted on 12/25/2022 5:43:21 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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Merry Christmas Russia


14 posted on 12/25/2022 5:50:16 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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It’s Christmas day, the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus, and all you think about is war.


15 posted on 12/25/2022 5:50:17 PM PST by cabojoe
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Blasts reported at Engels air base deep inside Russia - online media

Russia can't defend its airbases from a Ukrainian drone?

16 posted on 12/25/2022 5:51:59 PM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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Correction: CIA & MI6 pre-emptive strike.


17 posted on 12/25/2022 5:55:56 PM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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Tell your Putin to leave Ukraine.


18 posted on 12/25/2022 5:59:27 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: tlozo

A big and slow Ukrainian drone.


19 posted on 12/25/2022 6:00:14 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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seems like I read a story the other day that the CIA had a sabotage team working inside Russia.

If that is true (big “if}, then if they should apprehended we may expect the first nuclear strike.


20 posted on 12/25/2022 6:02:46 PM PST by elpadre (W )
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