Russian city of Sochi attacked by drones

This was reported by hromadske citing a source in the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry.

Our interlocutor in the GSD confirmed the defeat of the car park during the morning drone attack, but did not give details about how many helicopters were there and of what type," the report said.

Russian Telegram channel "Emergency Sochi" writes that the attack was allegedly carried out by the Turkish Bayraktar.

The AFU for the first time attacked the Krasnodar region with a Turkish Bayraktar drone, - the report says.

The head of Sochi Kopaigorodsky also confirmed flights of unknown drones over the Krasnodar region. He stated that the air defence forces shot down the UAVs.

Today at about eight o'clock in the morning, the air defence forces on duty over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle. In order to ensure safety at the international airport of Sochi introduced a temporary restriction of flights, - he wrote in Telegram.

In the international airport of Sochi introduced a temporary restriction of flights. Flights heading to the resort were diverted to alternate aerodromes.

The media specify that as a result of the Ukrainian drone attack there is a hit on the car park of Russian helicopters near Adler in the Russian city of Sochi.

Also, the Russian media claim a drone attack on the Smolensk Aircraft Factory, which is part of the Tactical Missile Armament state corporation.

Forreference: the resort city of Sochi is located far from the Ukrainian-controlled territories. The direct distance to Odessa is almost 800 kilometres.

The land route from the regional centre of Kherson region to the Russian resort city is more than 1000 kilometres.