The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that defense forces struck the Saratov oil refinery and the Engels strategic airfield in Russia early Sunday morning, Aug. 2. According to the military’s statement, the strikes resulted in confirmed hits and subsequent fires at both locations in the Saratov region.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The General Staff highlighted that the Engels airfield is a primary base for Russian strategic aviation, housing Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers regularly used to launch missile attacks against Ukrainian territory. The military noted that the Saratov refinery, with an estimated annual processing capacity of 7 million tons, is heavily involved in supplying the Russian armed forces. Earlier in the day, Saratov region Governor Roman Busargin acknowledged that an overnight drone attack had damaged “civilian infrastructure” in both Saratov and Engels. Astra Telegram channel reported a large fire at the refinery following the strike, noting it was at least the 15th attack on the facility since the start of the full-scale war. A previous strike on July 8 halted operations at the site after hitting its primary refining unit. The General Staff also confirmed overnight strikes on the Lyudinovskaya oil depot in the Kaluga region, which stores fuel for the Russian military, and a storage and launch site for attack drones near Navlya in the Bryansk region. Additionally, the military reported the destruction of several Russian UAV control points on Saturday across the Kursk region in Russia, as well as in the occupied areas of the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.