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Ukraine strikes Engels airbase and Saratov refinery; Russia retaliates with ballistic missiles on Kyiv

The same story, as told by newsrooms in different countries. Their words, attributed and linked.

Ukraine

Kyiv Independent

“Ukrainian forces struck a Russian air base in Engels and an oil refinery in Saratov Oblast overnight on Aug. 2, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed.”

Ukrainian English-language outlet citing Ukraine's General Staff confirmation and monitoring channels for the Engels and Saratov overnight strikesread the original ↗

Russia (exile)

The Moscow Times

“Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least two people in regions along Russia's Volga River overnight, hitting targets including a warehouse belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer.”

Independent Russian-exile outlet citing Russian regional officials on civilian casualties and economic targets, with no reference to the Engels military angleread the original ↗

Russia (exile)

Meduza

“Украина атакует очередной (уже 17-й) склад Wildberries.”

Russia's leading independent exile outlet, Riga-based; the 1621st-day war chronicle covers Ukraine striking its 17th Wildberries warehouse and the Engels bomber base from a Russian exile perspective that neither Russia's state media nor Ukraine's official channels provide; Meduza's framing emphasises the war's disruption to Russian civilian commerce alongside the military angleread the original ↗

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