Holidaymakers watch on as drone hits Russian beach


Channel: Sky News
Uploaded by Sky News on 20260804
Categories: News & Politics
Tags: DRONE, STRIKE, RUSSIA, BEACH, DEATH, UKRAINE, WAR, DRONE ATTACK
Russia has blamed the Ukrainian "regime" for what it called a deliberate drone attack on civilians. Seven people, including three children, were killed and 40 injured today at its Black Sea holiday resort of Gelendzhik. Social media videos showed what appeared to be a drone slamming into a busy beach area, accompanied by a loud e

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Overview of the Incident

Location & Context: A drone struck a crowded beach resort in southern Russia, specifically in

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Arkhipo-Osipovka near the resort town of Gelendzhik in the Krasnodar Krai region [00:03].

Casualties: According to Russian officials, the strike resulted in the death

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s of 7 people (including 3 children) and injured 40 others [00:05].

Attribution: Russian authorities attributed the incident to a Ukrainian drone attack [00:10]. Kyiv

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has not commented on the strike [00:19], maintaining its stance that it does not deliberately target civilians [00:21].

Video Footage Details

Visuals Captured: The foo

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tage shows holidaymakers relaxing and swimming in the sea at the busy resort [00:02]. A drone can be seen falling from the sky toward the ground, immediately followed

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by a powerful explosion and plume of smoke near the shoreline [00:32].

Emergency Response: Local authorities deployed a specialist medical disaster team to the scene t

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o assist the wounded [00:38].

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqsHLaGEp0

Holidaymakers watch on as drone hits Russian beach

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Viewer Discussion & Comments

@patricklambrecht380
Shooting down a drone over a crowded beach, smart move 🤣
@Resinuk7624
Maybe not the best place to shoot down a drone.
@michaelmonaghan1980s
Not showing Russia's missiles( not small drones ) hitting Ukrainian civilians
@ph6560
Why the big fuss by Sky News when Russian electronic warfare makes a Ukrainian drone crash on its own people — considering the daily Russian onslaught on Ukranian civilians?!
@thecurrantbun
Did I her gunfire seconds before it was downed.
@laz001
Oh well
@stevenicol1
Ah well
@tommyclugston4205
Show the russian missiles hitting Ukraine every day 😢
@Dave288North
They didn't seem to be in any rush to get out of the water
@countroyhifi8730
They have beaches there?
@user-zz8lb6bd7p
3 days after Ukraine warned that Russia would use caught drones for false flag attacks...
@rjs1138
Either Ukraine had intelligence that a legitimate target had the neck to go sunning it there, the green shack was military, or the drone was brought down.
@RedmistAU
Those are Rookie Numbers compared to the moskovian attacks on civilians in Ukraine. Anything ussian is a legit target now.
@DavidCampbell-m2d6o
Go ukraine❤❤❤
@god1971b
Go sit at a cafe in Kyiv for a few hours then report on bombing of civiilians.