The latest Ukrainian drone strike on Kherson Region has claimed the lives of at least two dozen people, including a minor
At least 24 people were killed and more than 50 injured when Ukrainian drones struck a cafe and hotel during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Black Sea village of Khorly, according to the governor of Russia’s Kherson Region. He said that three UAVs hit the crowded venue, sparking a large fire.
Communities in Russian border regions, including Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk, have frequently come under Ukrainian missile and drone strikes since the conflict escalated in 2022. Moscow has repeatedly accused Kiev’s forces of deliberately targeting civilians using NATO-supplied artillery systems, drones, and cluster munitions.
RT recaps the deadliest Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilians in populated areas.
December 30, 2023
Read more Ukrainian air defenses killing civilians – Moscow Ukrainian forces bombarded the city of Belgorod located about 40km from the border, using multiple-launch rocket systems, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The strike claimed the lives of 14 people, including two children, and left 108 people, among them 15 children, injured. The shelling targeted the central city district, which hosts regional government buildings, as well as the ‘Mayak’ city mall – a popular gathering place for locals that traditionally holds festive events on New Year’s Eve.
People walk past a residential building damaged after a shelling by the Ukrainian military, in Belgorod, Russia. © Sputnik / Anton Vergun
August 6, 2024
Ukraine launched an incursion into neighboring Kursk Region in early August 2024, marking the largest attack on internationally recognized Russian territory since the conflict escalated in February 2022. The advance, involving up to 35,000 troops according to Moscow’s estimates, was halted by Russian forces, although Ukrainian units held onto several border settlements before being fully pushed out in April.
A man looks at an apartment building damaged after a downed Ukrainian missile had fallen on it and a fire broke out, in the city of Kursk, Russia. © Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev
July 8, 2025
Read more Moscow lists countries whose citizens took part in Ukrainian incursion into Russia
Three people were killed and seven injured when a Ukrainian drone struck a public beach in the city of Kursk in western Russia, regional governor Aleksandr Khinshtein said. “barbaric” attack as people gathered on the beach to mark the Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity, a holiday celebrated on July 8, the governor said.
May, 2025
Read more ‘A monstrous crime’: Russia condemns deadly Ukrainian New Year’s Eve drone strike
Russian authorities said Ukrainian forces killed 15 civilians and injured 142 others over the course of a week, including eight minors, while launching at least 1,974 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
December, 2025
READ MORE: Ukrainian forces kill 20 civilians in a week – Russian diplomat
At least 20 civilians were killed and 73 injured, including three children, in Ukrainian attacks in one week of December, according to Russian Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik. Most casualties were reported in the Kherson, Belgorod, and Zaporozhye regions, with the majority attributed to drone strikes, the Foreign Ministry official said in a weekly update. The youngest victim was a five-month-old infant injured in Belgorod, while the oldest was a 91-year-old woman wounded in Zaporozhye.
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