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500-mile Drone Strike Destroys Tu-95 Bomber at Engels-2

7/25/2026

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Satellite imagery dated July 19 confirmed Ukraine’s 500-mile drone strike on July 15-16 destroyed a Russian Tu-95 bomber at Engels-2 airbase in Saratov region, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to call it a “long-range sanction.”
The SBU warned Russia’s strategic aviation can no longer feel safe at airfields, after Oryx recorded 11 Tu-95MS bombers lost since the invasion.
Ukraine also struck Wildberries logistics centers in St Petersburg, Tver and Crimea, producing thick black smoke.

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Satellite imagery dated July 19 confirmed Ukraine’s 500-mile drone strike on July 15-16 destroyed a Russian Tu-95 bomber at Engels-2 airbase in Saratov region, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to call it a “long-range sanction.”
The SBU warned Russia’s strategic aviation can no longer feel safe at airfields, after Oryx recorded 11 Tu-95MS bombers lost since the invasion.
Ukraine also struck Wildberries logistics centers in St Petersburg, Tver and Crimea, producing thick black smoke.