Drone strike kills seven on Russian Black Sea beach, Russia and Ukraine trade accusations
Russian officials said a projectile struck a beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka, killing seven people, including four children, and wounding dozens, and blamed Ukraine for the attack; Ukrainian officials countered that the deaths were caused by Russian air-defence fire. Earlier reports described the incident as an unmanned aircraft exploding on the crowded shoreline of the Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar region, with casualty figures of seven dead and around 40 injured, including several children. The incident was reported by multiple outlets, which noted the location as Gelendzhik or Arkhipo-Osipovka and highlighted the competing accusations between Moscow and Kyiv.
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Veniamin Kondratyev
Operational Headquarters of Krasnodar Krai
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Ukrainian military
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Arkhipo-Osipovka beach
Gelendzhik
Krasnodar Krai
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Black Sea
