Another large-scale Russian attack 'imminent' as heavy activity spotted at key air base

Massive buildup of Russian Tu-95 and Tu-160 long-range bombers - which are capable of carrying missiles with nuclear warheads - have been spotted at Engels-2 Airport

Russian bombers were spotted at the Engels-2 airbase

Russia is piling up bombers and cruise missiles for “imminent full-scale attack,” analysts say.

Satellite images provided by US company Maxar Technologies show a massive buildup of Russian aircraft at Engels-2 airport, located about 700 km (435 miles) from the Ukrainian border inside the Russia.

The aircraft includes nearly two dozen Tu-95 and Tu-160 long-range bombers - two of Russia's flagship cruise missile launchers.

The number of planes on the tarmac is unusual and could indicate an imminent attack, experts say.

Military analyst Arda Mevlutoğlu told German publication Spiegel: "The unusually high number of bombers on the tarmac is an indication of increased operations, or even an impending large-scale attack."

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Next to the long-range bombers are a number of tanker trucks and ammunition crates.

Russia used the type of bomber and missile seen at the airbase to launch devastating attacks on civilian and military targets across Ukraine (

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There are also a number of wheel loaders, which are used to transport the X-55 and X-101 cruise missiles - which have a range of 2,500 km and are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Russia uses cruise missiles to attack Ukrainian targets from Russian soil - keeping their launchers out of reach of the UK...