Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi and the nearby Sirius settlement overnight on Sept. 4, hitting an oil depot and reportedly targeting Russian air defense systems, Russian and Ukrainian sources said. The attack sparked a fire at the Adler oil depot, which is owned by Russian oil giant Rosneft, according to the Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+. Several residential buildings and other structures were also reportedly damaged.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “There are no casualties according to preliminary information,” the Krasnodar Krai operational headquarters said, while urging residents not to publish footage showing the aftermath. In Sirius, drones reportedly struck a position equipped with S-300 or S-400 air defense systems, the ASTRA Telegram channel reported, citing photographs and videos from witnesses. The area has increasingly come under Ukrainian drone attacks. Russian authorities previously installed a large radar near the Krylya Baltiki beach after earlier strikes, apparently to strengthen defenses around the resort.
The latest strikes also occurred relatively close to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea residence, Bocharov Ruchey, located several dozen kilometers from Sirius and the Adler oil depot. Russian authorities have previously reinforced the residence’s air defenses. Putin has reportedly stopped visiting the property since 2025 amid repeated Ukrainian drone attacks on Sochi.
