Post by @randahl@mastodon.social

A large number of Ukrainian drones have hit the Engels 2 airbase in Saratov Oblast, Russia, during the night. This base is home to Putin's Tupolev Tu-160 and Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bombers.

There are many videos from different angles showing triangle shaped drones approaching the airbase while Russian air defence is firing.

I am wondering if Ukraine is using a new drone type, because this is clearly not the usual Ukrainian Bober drones. They look more like a copy of the Iranian Shahed-136.

NoBorg

@hadon@mastodon.social 23 minutes ago

@randahl

This article explains that the fuel used in northern Russia (which can withstand low temperatures) is produced at a dozen refineries during the summer. Following the attacks, seven of them have halted production. Without that fuel, life in those regions is impossible in winter, which could lead to a mass exodus from a territory larger than the Ukrainian occupied territory ( including Crimea).

#Ukraine
https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/07/15/les-frappes-ukrainiennes-de-drones-pourraient-rendre-larctique-russe-invivable/

Leeloo

@leeloo@c.im 1 hour ago

@randahl
Triangle shaped?

Shaheed?

Did they figure out how to take control of the drones and "return yo sender"? If so, 🤣

Randahl Fink

@randahl@mastodon.social 60 minutes ago

@leeloo they look like the US made FLM 136 Lucas, but there has been no reports that these drones have been provided to Ukraine.

I am puzzled.