 Russian forces are using car tyres to protect TU-95 bombers. Russian forces are trying to protect TU-95 turboprop strategic bombers with car tyres at the Engels airfield in Saratov Oblast. Militani Portal reported this with a link to a post by blogger Tatarigami.ua on X. A blogger published satellite images of TU-95 strategic bombers covered in car tyres. As Militani notes, this is likely to be an attempt to protect bombers from attacks by Ukrainian kamikaze drones. Judging by satellite images, Russian forces have covered the wings and central parts of the planes with tyres. It is not known whether such protection will be effective given the flammability of tyres and the difficulty of extinguishing them, the portal adds. It should be noted that on 5 December 2022 UAVs were used to attack the airbases of Diagelevo in Ryazan, Oblast and Engels in Saratov Oblast, where strategic bombers are located. Three aircraft were damaged, two TU-95 and TU-22M3 strategic bombers. According to Vyostka, a Russian media outlet, as of 30 August 2023 Ukrainian security services and armed forces could have carried out at least nine successful attacks on airbases in Russian regions, temporarily occupied Crimea and Belarus and destroyed or damaged at least 24 aircraft since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation.