WIRE — The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that defense forces struck the Engels strategic airfield and the Saratov oil refinery in Russia early Sunday, Aug. 2. The military noted that the Engels base houses Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers used to attack Ukraine. Concurrently, long-range Ukrainian drones struck the Bashneft-UNPZ oil refinery in Ufa, Bashkortostan, located over 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) from the Ukrainian border, following similar strikes on the same refining cluster the day before.
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