While planes from Russian airbase in Engels are firing missiles at Ukrainian energy facilities, city’s residents are begging for heat. VIDEO The city of Engels in the Saratov region, where the Russian Federation's strategic aviation airfield is located, is on the verge of a municipal disaster. While Russian bombers have been taking off from here for the fourth year in a row to destroy Ukrainian high-rise buildings and the power grid, the residents of Engels themselves are freezing in their own apartments due to rotten utilities. 6 946 46 Previously in trend: Take-off of Russian strategic bombers