Did Russian air defenses bring down the drone that killed seven on a Black Sea beach?

A Ukrainian drone came down on a beach crowded with vacationers in the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik on the morning of August 3. Seven people died, including three children, and 40 more were injured, 21 of them hospitalized, according to data from the Krasnodar Krai operational headquarters.

It was unclear what the drone was targeting and why it crashed in the crowded resort spot, but it has been a deadly summer for civilians caught up in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Multiple people, including children, have been reportedly killed after a drone struck a beach in Russia.

Multiple people, including children, have been reportedly killed after a drone struck a beach in Russia.

Social media footage showed what appeared to be a drone crashing into a busy beach at Arkhipo-Osipovka, as tourists looked on from the shore and in the water.

Seven people, including three children and four adults, were killed, while 40 others, including 21 were taken to hospital