Ukrainian attack hit munitions depot at Russian airbase, Kyiv source says

(Reuters) – A Ukrainain drone attack struck a munitions storage facility holding guided bombs and missiles at the Engels airbase in Russia’s Saratov region as well as other targets, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine said on Tuesday.

The attack caused a large fire at the Aleksinsky chemical plant in the Tula region, a fire at the Saratovsky oil refinery and the Bryansk chemical plant was also hit, the source said. Reuters could not independently verify the claims of damage.

(Reporting by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Alison Williams)