Ukrainian drones target Black Sea resort city
(MENAFN) Ukrainian drones targeted the Black Sea resort city of Sochi and the nearby Sirius educational hub in southern Russia early Thursday, according to local officials.
Debris from one drone fell onto a street in Sochi, killing one woman and seriously injuring another, the regional emergency services reported. Another drone struck an oil terminal in the Sirius federal territory, said Mayor Dmitry Plishkin. The Sirius district, established in 2020, functions as a technological and educational hub as well as a training center for young athletes.
Telegram news channels reported that students and tourists were evacuated to shelters and underground parking lots. Locals described hearing air raid sirens and as many as 20 explosions across various parts of Sochi.
The drone strike came just hours after Russia and Ukraine concluded a third round of peace talks in Istanbul. During these talks, Moscow proposed short-term truces to enable evacuation of wounded troops and the retrieval of fallen soldiers’ bodies.
Russian lead negotiator Vladimir Medinsky announced that Moscow also proposed a new prisoner exchange involving at least 1,200 prisoners of war from each side and offered to return the remains of 3,000 more fallen Ukrainian soldiers.
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