KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated New Year’s 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 one of the drones carried an incendiary mixture, sparking a blaze.
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