Drone hits crowded Russian beach, killing 7 people

A drone hit a packed beach in southern Russia on Monday on the Black Sea coast. Russian officials say seven people were killed and dozens were injured. Holly Williams reports.

Russia and Ukraine traded blame after a drone slammed into a beach in the Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik. Russian officials said seven people were killed.

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.

At least seven people were killed in southern Russia on Monday after debris from a Ukrainian drone fell onto a crowded beach, according to local officials, in one of the deadliest incidents in recent weeks. Three of those killed in the incident in a Black Sea resort area in the city of Gelendzhik, were children, …

Officials said 40 people were injured in the attack on a holiday resort

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.

Russia says seven killed as Ukrainian drone hits crowded Russian beach  CNN

Video shows the moment a drone struck a crowded beach near the Russian Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik.

Scenes from a drone striking a crowded Russian beachAt least seven people, including three children, were killed and 40 others injured after a drone struck a beach at Arkhipo-Osipovka near Russia’s Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik on Sunday, according to local authorities.The Krasnodar Krai regional government said

Pictures showed the huge explosion. 18:16, Mon, Aug 3, 2026 Updated: 18:16, Mon, Aug 3, 2026 The explosion (Image: East2West)There was terror on a Russian beach today as a “downed” Ukrainian drone crashed and exploded onto sunbathers.At least four people were killed and a dozen wounded as the unmanned plane exploded in

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

Moment Ukrainian drone hits Russian holiday resort, killing seven and injuring 40  lbc.co.uk

Russian glide bombs on residential districts of Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine killed one person, while six people were killed by Ukrainian drone debris in Russia's Arkhipo-Osipovka.

Beachgoers were startled after the Ukrainian unmanned aircraft crashed to the ground in Arkhipo-Osipovka, a resort on the Black Sea.

In the central Vladimir region, drone strikes set a Wildberries warehouse ablaze, the latest attack in Ukraine’s campaign against the company.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 33 civilians in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, authorities said. The strikes follow a major Russian attack two days earlier that killed at least 10 people and wounded

Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 33 civilians in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, authorities said.

Ukrainian drones conducted a massive coordinated operation early Saturday, August 1. Naval drones sank the Rosatom-affiliated container ship Yanina, a sanctioned vessel with a capacity of over 100,000 tons, approximately 130 miles from Novorossiysk. Concurrently, long-range SBU drones struck three major Bashneft oil re

Russia continued to batter Ukraine's capital early Saturday, killing at least 9 and wounding about 30.

Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 30 civilians in Kyiv.

As Moscow has increased its long-range strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities, Kiev has pressed its allies for air defence support.

Russia's defense giant quietly launches new cryptocurrency despite EU sanctions  The Kyiv Independent

MOSCOW, July 30 - Russia said on Thursday that its forces had carried out big overnight strikes on military factories across Ukraine, including in the capital Kyiv and in the western city of Lviv, and had struck three cargo ships in the Black Sea.

Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv after Russia launched ballistic missiles, hours after Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a massive overnight assault.

Russia launched ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine in the early hours Thursday, hours after warning of an attack.

Russia was striking the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with ballistic missiles in the early hours of Thursday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram post, asking people to seek shelter.

Russia striking Kyiv with ballistic missiles, mayor says  Reuters