Tourists in Sirius Complain About Refusal of Shelter During Drone Attack

One of the hotels in Sirius did not allow two families, including three children, into the parking lot to take shelter during the drone attack. The hotel explained the refusal by the lack of a state of emergency.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, in Sochi two women died when the drone debris fell. Another 11 people were injured, four of them were hospitalized.

A married couple from Moscow were denied shelter in one of the Sirius hotels during the drone attack. Katerina and her husband Dmitry arrived on vacation a couple of days ago and stayed in a cottage house. At the time of the drone attack, the couple found themselves on the street.

Since there are no places to hide in their house, she and her husband, along with another family with three children, ran to a nearby hotel with a large underground parking lot, the Telegram channel "Beware, Moscow" reported today.

"The parking lot is open during the day, but at night the door was locked. At that time, there were already several flashes, a strong attack began. We ran to the central entrance, where the hotel administration was, and asked to let us in. The administrator categorically answered us "no", saying that we were not hotel guests. I had an idea to offer them money. But in this chaos, we did not want to waste time and just ran on," her words are quoted in the publication.

According to her, they then ran across the bridge over the Mzymta River to a shopping center with a parking lot. There, young people hid them in the basement — workers at a local cafe. They gave the tourists water and calmed them down. When the cafe closed, the families remained in the shopping center parking lot.

The hotel where the couples went said that they did not let people in because there was no emergency regime.

"The sirens had not gone off yet, we do not have the right to let in strangers from the street for security reasons, they did not have documents with them. If the siren had gone off, we would have let everyone in. We often have drunk and inadequate people here," the hotel representative was quoted as saying in the publication.

The Telegram channel "Favorite Sochi" published a video in which tourists staying at another hotel took refuge in the corridors during the drone attack.

"Aquamarine Park Hotel, nowhere to hide. Everyone went down to the first floor of the hotel in the corridor! There are no underground parking lots or crossings nearby! The question is, where to hide?" asked the author of the video.

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