The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to strike jet drones at the airfields “Dyagilevo” and “Engels”.
Armed formations of Ukraine made an attempt to attack military airfields in the Saratov and Ryazan regions, three Russian servicemen were killed, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported.
“On the morning of December 5, the Kyiv regime, in order to disable Russian long-range aircraft, attempted to strike Soviet-made jet unmanned aerial vehicles at the military airfields Diaghilevo in the Ryazan region and Engels in the Saratov region,” the statement says.
With the help of air defense systems, Russian aircraft shot down Ukrainian drones flying at low altitude.
“As a result of the fall and explosion of fragments of jet drones at Russian airfields, the skin of the hull of two aircraft was slightly damaged,” the department stressed.
In response, Russia has dealt a massive blow to the Ukrainian military command and control system and related defense facilities.
“Despite the attempts of the Kyiv regime to disrupt the combat work of the Russian Long-Range Aviation by a terrorist act, today at about 15:00 (Moscow time) the military command and control system and related facilities of the defense complex, communication centers, energy and military units of Ukraine were dealt a massive strike with high-precision air weapons and sea based. The target has been reached. All 17 designated objects were hit”, the military department noted.
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