Drone strike ignites oil depot in Russian Sochi, 2,000 cubic metre tank ablaze

A fire broke out at an oil depot in the Russian city of Sochi as a result of a drone attack.

Source: Astra, Baza and other Russian Telegram channels; Russian media; Sochi Mayor Andrey Proshunin; governor of Krasnodar Oblast of the Russian Federation Veniamin Kondratiev

Details: Telegram channels noted that the oil depot is on fire near the Sochi airport.

Social networks indicated that the Rosneft-Kubannefteprodukt oil depot was on fire. Sochi Airport previously announced a shutdown.

Proshulin stated that "an outbreak of a fuel tank occurred at an oil depot in the Adler district."

It was also noted that the drone attack began after 2:00 in the morning local time, more than 20 explosions rang out in Sochi.

Kondratiev noted that "in the Adler district, fragments of a drone hit a tank with oil products, as a result of which an ignition occurred."

Updated: According to updated information of the Russian authorities, allegedly "one tank with oil products with a volume of 2,000 cubic metres is on fire" at the oil depot in the Adler district.

Background: On 24 July, drones struck an oil depot on the federal territory of Sirius near the city of Sochi in Russia's Krasnodar Krai.

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