According to the official, the operational services were sent to the place where the object fell, after the air defense of the district brought the target down.

Bursarguin specified there is no threat to the local population, called for calm and denied rumors about a possible evacuation of the region.

On December 26th, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that a Ukrainian Tu-141 drone of Soviet making was shot down by the air defense as it approached the airfield in Engels.

Three servicemen were killed by the wreckage of the drone, while the planes in the base were not damaged, the Ministry said.

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