Ukrainian Drones Strike an Oil Tanker in Russian Adler

Ukrainian Defense Forces drones hit an oil tanker in the city of Adler, part of Russia’s Sochi district in the Krasnodar Territory, according to independent media outlet Astra.

The target was the Rosneft-Kubannefteprodukt oil facility on Aviatsiynaya Street, where a fire broke out following the drone strike.

The facility is located near Adler Airport, prompting a temporary suspension of flights.

Local officials confirmed the incident.

“In the Adler district, wreckage from a drone fell into a tank containing petroleum products, causing a fire. A total of 127 personnel and 35 vehicles are working to extinguish the blaze,” Krasnodar Governor Mikhail Kotyukov wrote on social media.

The oil depot includes 41 tanks with a total capacity of about 31,200 cubic meters. The drone strike ignited a tank holding roughly 2,000 cubic meters of fuel.

This was not the first attack on oil infrastructure in Adler. On July 24, a drone strike triggered a fire at the Lukoil-Yugnefteproduct facility, which is believed to supply fuel to Sochi International Airport.