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TikTokers Forced to Apologise by Putin After Filming at Depot Hit by Ukraine

  • Two Russian TikTokers were arrested after filming a video near a burning energy plant hit by a Ukrainian drone strike, causing public outrage in Russia.
  • Following the video, the TikTokers issued an apology for their actions, stating they did not intend to offend anyone.
  • Ukraine's General Staff confirmed the drone attack on a fuel depot in Sochi, which Russia claimed caused a fire.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that Vladimir Putin is ready to meet Volodymyr Zelensky after necessary preparatory work is completed.
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Three young Russians, two girls and a boy between the ages of 19 and 21, were arrested for sharing a video on Tik Tok in which a burning deposit appears in the background, after having been hit by a Ukrainian drone. It happened to Adler, on the banks of the Black Sea, 30 kilometers from Sochi. The fire, at the time of recording the video-selfie, had wrapped a plant owned by Rosneft that contained oil: a fuel tank of over two thousand cubic meter…

·Rome, Italy
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The video in question features 21-year-old Dasha Vladimirova and 19-year-old Karina Evgenieva filming near the burning ruins of the Rosneft-Kubannefteprodukt oil depot near Sochi.

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The Adler District Court of Sochi fined Karina Oshurkov 30,000 rubles for filming a video against the background of a burning oil base.

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Meduza broke the news in Riga, Latvia on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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