Previously the largest drone attack reported in the south of Russia

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Lerato Khumalo

Ukraine war

Previously the largest drone attack reported in the south of Russia

Updated on March 20, 2025 – 06:56 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.

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Engels has often been the goal of Ukrainian drone attacks since the beginning of the war. (Archive image) (Source: Uncredited/Saratov Region Governor Roman Busargin Official Telegram Channel/AP/dpa/dpa picture)

The southern Russian cities of Saratow and Engels are attacked by swarms of dozens of combat drones from Ukraine. You want to have shot down more than 130 flight robots.

According to the regional administration, the southern Russian cities of Saratow and Engels have become the goal of the largest drone attack so far since the Ukraine war. The governor of the Saratow, Roman Busargin, said, said that more than 30 houses were damaged in the nightly attack, according to the state news agency TASS. All emergency services were mobilized.

According to Tass, the Russian Ministry of Defense had previously announced that more than 130 Ukrainian drones had been shot down in various regions of the country during the night – more than 50 of them in Saratow, 40 in Woroneesch and dozens of others in the Belgorod, Rostow, Kursk, Lipezz, Lipezk, Lipezk, Kriminsel.

With the mediation of US President Donald Trump, Russia and Ukraine have promised to temporarily stop the mutual attacks on energy systems. However, the minimum compromise is limited to goals of this kind and the time of entry into force is unclear. Both countries repeatedly cover themselves with attacks of fight drones, with the victims in the civilian population and the damage to the infrastructure in Ukraine much greater than in Russia.