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Ukrainian drones strike Sochi oil depot and air‑defense positions

newsSep 4, 2026251,621

Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi and the nearby Sirius settlement overnight on Sept. 4, setting fire to the Adler oil depot owned by Rosneft, Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+ and Russian sources said. The attack also reportedly struck a position in Sirius equipped with S-300 or S-400 air‑defense systems, the ASTRA Telegram channel reported, citing photos and videos from witnesses. Several residential buildings and other structures were reportedly damaged; the Krasnodar Krai operational headquarters said there were no casualties according to preliminary information and urged residents not to publish footage. Russian authorities had earlier installed a large radar near Krylya Baltiki beach after prior strikes to strengthen defenses around the resort, and the region has seen increasing drone activity. Local and open-source footage circulated after the strike, which caused the depot fire and visible damage around Adler airport and surrounding neighborhoods.

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