# Ukrainian drone crashes onto beach at Russian Black Sea resort as warning system fails; seven killed

https://mins.news/en/item/12447

- Meduza, 2026-08-03 15:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/03/ukrainian-drone-crashes-on-beach-with-vacationers-at-russian-black-sea-resort-as-warning-system-fails-to-sound-seven-people-killed

> Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said a Ukrainian drone attack struck the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik. He said six people died, including three children. The headline reports that a drone crashed onto a beach where vacationers were present and that the warning system failed to sound. It puts the reported death toll at seven.

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