Russia says Ukrainian drone strike kills 24 in occupied Ukraine as tensions grow amid peace talks

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Updated 7:56 AM CST, January 1, 2026
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, Russian officials said Thursday, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks.

Three drones struck a cafe and hotel in the resort town of Khorly on the Black Sea coast, the region’s Moscow-installed leader Vladimir Saldo said in a statement on Telegram. He said that one of the drones carried an incendiary mixture, sparking a blaze.

Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on the claim of a strike. The attack could not be independently verified by The Associated Press.

The attack was condemned by a number of Russian officials. Valentina Matviyenko, the chair of Russia’s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, said that the strike “strengthened” Russia’s resolve to quickly achieve its goals in its almost four-year invasion of Ukraine.



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[patphil]

1. Russia will only accept peace on their terms...total capitulation.

[Grokenstein]

2. Putin regularly targets Ukranian civilians with missile strikes. He doesn't get to whine now.

You can end this immediately, monster.

[niyad]

3. Show us the evidence, assholes. Verifiable, legitimate evidence from

legitimate sources. Ukraine does NOT attack civilians, unlike that fucking monster vlad the monster.