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.
The oil depot’s owner has not been officially identified, though the independent Telegram channel Astra claimed the facility belongs to Rosneft-Kubanneftprodukt in the Adler district.
Preliminary reports indicated no one was injured, though windows were damaged in several residential buildings and other structures. Black smoke could be seen over Sochi.
The Ukrainian monitoring Telegram channels Exilenova+ and Supernova+ claimed that Ukrainian drones also struck air defense installations: S-300 or S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.
Astra, citing eyewitness photos and videos, reported that one of the strikes hit near the town of Sirius, close to the Psou River, where an air defense battalion equipped with S-300 or S-400 systems is stationed, sparking a fire at the site. Local authorities and the Defense Ministry did not report a strike on the air defense installation.
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Drones also struck the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant in Bashkortostan, according to Exilenova+, while Supernova+ reported a strike on Avangard, a federal defense enterprise. Local authorities did not confirm either attack, though an air raid alert was declared in the region overnight.
This spring, Ukraine’s armed forces repeatedly targeted another city in Krasnodar Krai, Tuapse, striking the local oil refinery and a marine terminal that together form a single complex with the refinery. The resulting fires triggered an environmental disaster: “oil rain” fell several times, and oil product spills were found in both the river and the sea.
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