UK calls Ukrainian strike on Russia's Engels airbase most successful of 2025
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Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:05:07 +0200
UK intelligence has analysed the successful strike carried out by Ukraines defence forces on the Russian strategic airbase Engels2 in Russias Saratov Oblast on the night of 1920 March.
Source UK intelligence update dated 25 March on X Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Details UK intelligence reported that on the night of 1920 March, Ukraines defence forces launched a drone attack on an ammunition depot located at the Russian strategic aircraft airbase Engels2.
They stated it is almost certain that the struck area stored a range of aircraft munitions used in attacks against Ukraine.
As a result, the analysis suggests that significant losses are likely to disrupt the ability to carry out strike operations from the airbase in the short term.
Russian aircraft have also highly likely been dispersed to surrounding airfields, as has become standard practice in response to Ukrainian deepstrike operations, UK intelligence noted.
The analysts also stressed that this was Ukraines most successful strike on a Russian ammunition depot in 2025.
A source in Ukraines General Staff told the media that the explosions at Engels2 airbase were the result of joint operations by Ukraines Security Service SSU and the Armed Forces Special Operations Forces SOF.
The source revealed that the successful drone attack by the SSU and SOF led to a fire, explosions and secondary detonation of munitions near the airbase.
Background Recently, UK intelligence reported that Russias armed forces have likely suffered approximately 900,000 killed and wounded since the start of the fullscale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
UK intelligence has also analysed the condition of the Russian forces in the third year of the fullscale war against Ukraine and outlined its losses.
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