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Russia claims that Ukrainian drone strike caused 24 fatalities
Western Daily Press
|January 02, 2026
RUSSIAN officials have claimed that a Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 others as they celebrated the new year in a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine's Kherson province.
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As tensions between the two nations continue to rise despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks, three drones struck a café and hotel in the resort of Khorly, on the Black Sea coast, overnight on Wednesday, according to the region's Moscow-installed leader, Vladimir Saldo.
This story is from the January 02, 2026 edition of Western Daily Press.
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