Ukrainian Drone Attacks Spark Fires at Sochi Fuel Depots
The attack sparked a fire at a Rosneft-owned oil depot and triggered a third straight night of flight restrictions at three Moscow airports, officials said.
- On Sept. 4, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Adler oil depot in Sochi and positions in Sirius, sparking a fire at the Rosneft facility and damaging nearby structures.
- The strikes occurred near Russian President Vladimir Putin's Bocharov Ruchey residence, a property he reportedly stopped visiting in 2025 amid persistent drone attacks in the Sochi region.
- In Sirius, drones reportedly struck a position equipped with S-300 or S-400 air defense systems, according to the ASTRA Telegram channel, which cited witness photographs and videos.
- Ukrainian forces also targeted the Avangard defense plant in Sterlitamak, Republic of Bashkortostan, overnight, reportedly causing damage to several residential buildings and other structures.
- Krasnodar Krai officials reported no casualties following the strikes, while Russian authorities previously installed a large radar near Krylya Baltiki beach to bolster defenses against increasing drone threats.
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Several people were killed in attacks in Bryansk and Odessa. An oil depot was set on fire in Sochi after a Ukrainian drone attack.
Fires broke out at the Rosneft-Cuban Petroleum Oil Base in the Adler district and Lucoil-South Petroleum.
Ukraine carried out a drone attack last night on an oil depot in the southern Russian city of Sochi, causing a fire to break out. A Russian anti-aircraft installation was also reportedly hit. Images of large flames and thick black smoke clouds over the city are being shared on Russian Telegram channels. According to the independent Russian media outlet Astra, the incident involves an oil depot belonging to Rosneft-Kubannefteprodukt, a subsidiary…
Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Black Sea coast, sparking a fire at an oil depot
A Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Sochi and the nearby town of Sirius sparked a fire overnight on September 4 at an oil depot, according to the Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters.
Ukrainian Drone Attacks Spark Fires at Sochi Fuel Depots
Fires broke out at two energy facilities and one air defense base around the Black Sea port city of Sochi following a Ukrainian drone attack, Russian authorities and media reported on Friday.
During the night, Ukrainian drones hit the Russian city of Sochi on the Black Sea and the nearby village of Sirius, hitting an oil warehouse, and according to Russian and Ukrainian sources, Russian air defense systems were also targeted.
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