Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Engels-2 airbase to complicate mass missiles strikes against Ukraine, reports New York Times

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Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Engels-2 airbase to complicate mass missiles strikes against Ukraine, reports New York TimesAirport in Engels (Photo:Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS)A recent Ukrainian strike against Russia’s Engels-2 military airbase may complicate Russia’s campaign of mass missile against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the New York Times reported on Dec. 27.Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov has previously said that Russia has missiles remaining for only two or three mass strikes.He noted that Russia is attempting to preserve their hypersonic “Kinzhal” missiles, as they lack the capability of manufacturing new missiles.According to Budanov, Russia had 47 Kinzhal missiles at the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine.A large explosion was recorded at the Engels-2 airbase in Russia’s Saratov Oblast, about 700km from the Ukrainian border, overnight on Dec. 26-27."

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