January 02, 2023: -On Monday, Russian news agents reported that three Russian military personnel were killed early by decreasing the wreckage of a Ukrainian drone that was shutting down as it attacked a base in Russia’s Saratov region, citing the defence ministry. It was the second harmed on the base.

“A Ukrainian unmanned aerial car was shot down at low altitude, therefore, approaching the Engels military airfield in the Saratov area,” news agencies reported the Russian ministry as saying.

“As a result of the decrease of the drone’s wreckage, three Russian servicemen of the technical staff at the airfield were fatally wounded.”

The base, near the city of Saratov, nearly 730 km southeast of Moscow and hundreds of kilometres from the coming lines in Ukraine, was reached on December 5 in what Russia added that were Ukrainian drone was attacking two Russian air bases that day.

Analysts stated that the twin strikes dealt Russia a huge reputational blow and raised questions about why its defences failed, as attention turned to the use of drones in the war amid neighbours.

Ukraine has never publicly claimed accountability for attacks in Russia but has said that such incidents are “karma” for Russia’s invasion.

The Russian defence ministry stated that aviation equipment was not damaged, but stated to unofficial Russian and Ukrainian social media reports; several planes were harmed.

Reuters was not be permitted by independently verify the reports.

Earlier on Monday, Roman Busargin stated that the governor of the Saratov region said that civil infrastructure facilities were not harmed in the incident.

“There is no threat to residents. Civil infrastructure facilities were not damaged,” Busargin stated.