Tourists evacuated from Sochi beaches due to UAV attack

The evacuation of vacationers was carried out under the sounds of an air raid siren. In some recreation areas, underground parking lots are used as shelters.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, on the night of August 7, 10 drones were shot down in the skies over the Rostov Region, nine over the Krasnodar Region, and seven over the Volgograd Region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on its Telegram channel.

The authorities of the Krasnodar Region have issued an appeal to residents and visitors of Sochi asking them to leave the beaches due to the drone danger, the Kuban Operational Headquarters reported on Friday.

"In connection with the announced "Drone danger" signal, visitors and residents of Sochi are asked to leave the beach areas," the report says.

People are informed of the need to go to shelters. Hotel and resort staff are also escorting vacationers to shelters.

Sochi Mayor Andrei Proshunin announced UAV threats over the resort area in his Telegram channel. "An attack by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is being repelled.... I ask Sochi residents and city guests to remain calm and observe the necessary safety measures. If you live near the coastline, do not go outside under any circumstances, stay in a closed room without glass," the official wrote.

According to TASS, rescuers and hotel staff escorted tourists to safe places. In some holiday destinations, underground parking lots are used as shelters.

The footage published by the Kub Mash Telegram channel shows holidaymakers packing up their things and hastily leaving the coastal area.

It was previously reported that on the night of August 7, a man was injured when a drone crashed in Slavyansk-on-Kuban and was hospitalized.