Guests fled the famous Palm Jumeirah Fairmont Hotel which was engulfed in flames over the weekend, but some Russian tourists saw it as a chance to enjoy an empty beach with one quipping “it’s a blast”
Reckless Russian tourists in Dubai claim they don’t need to stop swimming and sunbathing – as they “know all about war”. Video shared online shows an unflustered family from Siberia is seen on a totally deserted beach as Iran’s missiles rained down.
Ulyana Sagalayeva, from Novosibirsk, quipped: “We’re alone on the beach today. No one’s around. Somewhere nearby there was a blast, it’s on fire. Well, it’s booming about once every half hour.”
Brits, including celebs like Graeme Souness and Jonny Bairstow, were rocked by explosions in the United Arab Emirates as three people were confirmed dead in Dubai after missile debris hit hotels including seven-star Burj Al Arab.
And UK Foreign Office officials are preparing to evacuate a thousands of stranded celebrities, sports stars, influencers, holidaymakers and ex-pats via Saudi Arabia as Iran fired missiles across the Gulf hitting fivestar hotels and luxury apartments.
Russian tourists stuck in the UAE have been paying £17,500 to escape via Oman. And the country has been faster than many countries to start emergency repatriation flights from the war zone.
But some Russians weren’t so shocked by the shelling. Ulyana added: “My husband swam far away somewhere. The sea is so beautiful here. Over there, not far away, the wreckage of a drone is burning; it just exploded. Well, it’s booming about once every half hour!”
The no-panic tourist tells her followers back home from a closed beach: “Oh well, as long as we’re alive and well. We’re on the beach. The beach is nice, the sea is clear. Something’s burning on the horizon.”
Separate footage shows a handful of untroubled Russian tourists on the beach in neighbouring Sharjah as a fighter flies overhead.
Meanwhile, Russian 5ft 2inch model and influencer Alla Bruletova, 26, famous for a viral Bentley video, turns her First Class boarding cards into a mock IV drip as she complains to her 2.6 million followers that the Middle East war has delayed her Milan to Dubai flight.
An Il-76 departmental aircraft was seen at Sharm El Sheikh, in Egypt, ferrying home Russians, including those ordered to delve from the country’s embassy in Israel.
The besieged Middle East state flew the red flag of revenge after joint US-Israeli airstrikes killed 48 Islamic leaders, including despot-in-chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, thrusting it towards full-scale revolution.
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