Social media users considered attempts to reach the beaches in Sochi after the evacuation to be reckless.

Tourists were urged to leave Sochi beaches, but some returned to the sea despite the drone threat remaining. Social media users called this behavior reckless.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," residents and tourists in Sochi, Gelendzhik, and the Tuapse district were ordered to leave beaches and embankments due to the threat of drone attacks from the sea and air. Following a drone attack on central Novorossiysk, two people were killed and six more were injured. Among the injured were two employees of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium.

A number of people posted a video of the evacuation of residents from the beaches. Telegram channels. For example, the Telegram channel "Sochi No. 1" published a recording in which a male voice says, "We are evacuating immediately. Everyone leave the water." This Telegram channel, which has 20,610 subscribers, had garnered 10 comments by 6:03 PM Moscow time.

"We were at Riviera Beach at 2:00 PM. Rescuers cleared everyone off the beach," confirmed Viktoria Kaz.

A video posted online captured footage of the emergency evacuation. "Don't stand in lines, don't wash your feet. We are evacuating immediately. Everyone leave the water," the message was broadcast over a loudspeaker.

Tourists were asked to immediately leave beaches in central Sochi—"Albatross," "Svetlana," "Riviera," and others. Warnings were also issued in Dagomys, Vardane, and on beaches in the Krasny Shturm area, 93.ru reports.

Beach staff are alerting visitors through loudspeakers, and the entrances are being covered with warning tape.

The Telegram channel "Sochi Radar" posted a video of the evacuation of Riviera Beach, asking beachgoers to leave due to the threat of drone attacks. As the video shows, some people have left the beach but remain on the embankment.

Vacationers are returning to the beaches in Sochi, although the threat has not yet been lifted, writes Kub_mash. "At Chaika, people have gathered near the ramps to the shore, waiting for the beach to open. At Primorsky, they are calmly resuming their sunbathing spots, although the threat of drone and unmanned boat attacks remains in effect in the Krasnodar Territory."

In the published video, some of the sun loungers and spots on the sand are already occupied, and people swimming in the sea are also visible. This post on the Telegram channel, which has over 110,000 subscribers, had garnered 11 comments by 6:03 PM Moscow time.

Commentators were outraged by the vacationers' haste. "They told you, 'The beach is dangerous!' - that means it's dangerous, you could be killed. But no, we paid money for a vacation - we're going somewhere dangerous!" "— commented, in particular, a user with the nickname "Generation Y Family."

"For some reason, many aren't taking the evacuation demand seriously," noted the Telegram channel "Krasnodar Teletype," which has over 137,000 subscribers. This post garnered five comments. "They think 'nothing will happen to me,'" Evgeny noted.

As a reminder, on September 10, the mayor of Novorossiysk warned residents about an attack by unmanned boats. Following this, the Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of an unmanned boat sent from Ukraine in the Black Sea.

On the same day, due to a UAV attack threat in Novorossiysk, people were evacuated from the beaches of Shiroka Balka, Abrau-Dyurso, and Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka. Vacationers were also evacuated from the beaches of Sudzhuk Spit and Aleksino. During the airstrike on Novorossiysk, fragments of a drone hit an uninhabited building on the outskirts of the resort village of Shiroka Balka.