Horrific footage: Intercepted drone crashes on crowded beach in Russia

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to claim civilian lives. At least six people were killed and 13 others injured on Monday morning when a Ukrainian drone crashed into a crowded beach in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai.

Beachgoers captured the incident on video, showing the drone—which was part of an attack on a nearby missile-parts factory—losing control and plummeting into the middle of the crowded beach. While gunfire can be heard in the footage, Russian authorities reported that the drone was brought down using electronic jamming measures.

Separately, the governor of Russia’s Samara region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, stated that drones attacked a Wildberries warehouse located approximately 800 km from the front line. The official confirmed there were no casualties and that efforts to extinguish the resulting fire were underway.

Since July 18, Ukrainian forces have targeted roughly a dozen Wildberries sites in an attempt to disrupt the operations of Russia’s largest online retailer. Today, the company reported that a fire broke out at another logistics facility in the Vladimir region following an attack. Staff were evacuated, and no initial casualties were reported.

In another incident, acting governor Olga Abramova reported that three people were killed and two injured in a drone attack in the Udmurtia region. Meanwhile, local authorities in the border region of Belgorod reported three deaths and five injuries following Ukrainian shelling.

Russian strikes in Ukraine resulted in two deaths in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region and at least one death in both the southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Additionally, a Russian strike destroyed a mail terminal in the northern Kharkiv region, killing one employee of the postal company Nova Poshta.