New explosions near the Engels airfield in the Saratov region of the Russian Federation will increase criticism from Russian bloggers.
This assumption was voiced by analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in their new report.
Experts expect that bloggers will even more actively scold the Russian leadership for failing to defend its territory.
One of the popular bloggers even questioned the veracity of the reports coming from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
ISW experts, by the way, also believe that repeated explosions at military facilities deep in the Russian rear demonstrate the ineffectiveness of Russian air defense.
It should be noted that explosions at the airfield in Engels, Saratov region of the Russian Federation, were heard at least three times during December.
On December 5, two Tu-95 heavy bombers were damaged at the Engels airbase.
The same night, a gas tanker exploded in Dyagilevo near Ryazan, southeast of Moscow.
On December 26, the airfield in Engels was noisy again.
According to Volodymyr Zolkin, a Ukrainian journalist and host of the project Seek Your Own, five TU-95 strategic bombers were damaged and the control tower was completely destroyed.
After that, Russia decided to disperse its strategic aviation across the country.
And three days later, on December 29, the explosions near the Engels airbase were repeated again.
Russian propaganda media, referring to the Governor of Saratov region Roman Busargin, assured that “the air defense system was triggered” and “an unknown object” was destroyed in the Engels district.
The UK Ministry of Defence intelligence suggested that Russian strategic facilities deep in the rear were left unprotected because the Russian Federation had moved medium-range air defense systems to the front.
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