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Russia says downed drone over Black Sea near Sochi

AFP WORLD
Published October 14,2023
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Russia said Saturday it shot down an attack drone over the Black Sea with air defence working in the southern resort city of Sochi.

"Today at about 7.10 AM in Sochi (0410 GMT), air defence worked... a drone was shot down over the sea," the governor of the southern Krasnodar region Alexei Kopaygorodskiy said on social media. "There were no casualties or damage in the city," he said, adding that the airport was working "normally" and that "the situation was under control."