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Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia kill at least six, spark fire at Wildberries warehouses

At least six people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia, local officials said Tuesday on the messaging app Telegram. Warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries were targeted for the second night in a row.

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia kill at least six, spark fire at Wildberries warehouses

At least six people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia, according to local officials. The attacks targeted various locations, including warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, which were hit for the second night in a row, as reported by France 24.

In one of the attacks, seven people, including three children, were killed and 40 injured at a Black Sea holiday resort in Gelendzhik, according to the South China Morning Post. The governor of Russia's southern Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, described the incident as a "deliberate attack by the Kyiv regime on the civilian population".

Videos verified by Reuters showed a drone slamming into a busy beach area near Gelendzhik, accompanied by a loud explosion.

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