Ukraine struck Russia's Engels military airfield with drones, Kyiv says

(Reuters) - Ukraine struck Russia's Engels military airbase with attack drones in the Saratov region of southwest Russia overnight, causing a fire and explosions in the area, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday.

The airbase hosts Russian strategic bombers that are used to attack Ukraine and also has a warehouse holding cruise missiles and glide bombs, an official at the Security Service of Ukraine said.

(Reporting by Tom Balmforth, writing by Yuliia Dysa; editing by Alex Richardson)

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