On the evening of December 5, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the attacks on two military airports. According to the Russian military, the Ukrainian army carried out the strikes with the help of drones.
The report mentions the death of three servicemen of the "technical crew" and "minor damage to the skin" of two planes. Russian Telegram channels published photos of the helicopter shot down in Ryazan.
Anton Gerashchenko, the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, wrote that Russian bombers are taking off from the Engels airport, which is launching missile attacks on Ukraine.
At the end of November, the German Der Spiegel wrote that another mass attack on Ukraine with strategic bombers was being prepared at the Engels Airport.
