A screenshot from a video purporting to point out the view from a airplane touchdown at Sochi Airport
Ukraine’s navy has confirmed a profitable drone strike on a gas depot at Sochi Airport in Russia’s resort metropolis on August 3, marking a uncommon assault on the southern coastal area.
“A strong fire broke out on the territory of the facility. It is known that the military aviation of the Russian invaders was also stationed at the airport.”
Today, passengers of planes touchdown at Sochi (Adler) airport noticed this, the struggle on their doorstep. pic.twitter.com/KVWFUSdP4v
— Shaun Pinner (@olddog100ua) August 3, 2025
Russian state media RIA Novosti reported that the blaze engulfed a 2,000-cubic-meter (roughly 70,000-cubic-foot) gas tank. Videos circulated on social media appeared to point out a big hearth burning close to the airport as passengers filmed the scene from touchdown planes.
In response, Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia suspended all flights at Sochi Airport on August 3, citing the necessity to “ensure air safety.”
According to the Russian Telegram channel Crimean Wind, the strike prompted gas restrictions on the airport, forcing some departing flights to land at alternate airfields to refuel.
The assault is a part of Ukraine’s ongoing marketing campaign concentrating on Russian power infrastructure, which Kyiv views as very important to Moscow’s struggle operations. While drone strikes have change into extra frequent throughout numerous Russian areas, Sochi—host of the 2014 Winter Olympics—has hardly ever been hit.
However, final month, a Ukrainian drone reportedly struck Sochi’s Adler district, with Russian authorities stating {that a} girl was killed in that incident.
