Ukraine Strikes Engels Strategic Airbase and Saratov Oil Refinery in Major Overnight Drone Attack

Ukraine's General Staff and President Zelensky confirmed overnight strikes on Engels airbase — home to Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers central to Russia's cruise missile campaign — and the Saratov oil refinery, one of Russia's largest. Russia said it intercepted 635 drones; eight were killed. The targeting pairs strategic aviation with fuel infrastructure sustaining long-range strike operations.