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Ukrainian drones attacked and set fire to a Russian fuel storage and refinery near Engels-2 airfield in the Saratov region.

Engels, Saratov Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Engels airfield (location) Saratov Oblast (location) Novorossiysk (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) SBU (organization) Engels airfield (location) Saratov Oil Refinery (location) Engels airfield fuel depot (location) Ukrainian troops (weapon_system) Engels (location) 14th Independent Drone Aviation Regiment (military_unit) Engels 2 military airfield (location) Tu-95MS and Tu-160 aircraft (weapon_system) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Kristall oil depot (location) Engels-2 oil depot (location) Engels-2 airfield (location) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) "Engels-2" military airfield (location) Crystal oil depot (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Engels airbase (location) "Crystal" fuel depot (location) Su-35C fighter jets (weapon_system)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian drones attacked and set fire to a Russian fuel storage and refinery near Engels-2 airfield

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Defense Forces and SBU struck military objects at the 'Engels' airfield and Saratov Oil Refinery overnight on January 14

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Recurring strikes indicate Ukraine's increased ability to hit Russian infrastructure

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:12.097Z

Source story: 45364