Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Black Sea coast and occupied Crimea, killing six people
A Ukrainian drone attack on occupied Crimea killed three people and injured two others, said Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head of the peninsula. He reported no other damage from the strikes.
The pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Krymskii Veter (Crimean Wind) reported fires near the Kerch Bridge and an oil and gas terminal, as well as at the central market in Kerch. Citing photos and videos from eyewitnesses, the independent Telegram channel Astra wrote about a fire in a residential building.
Three more people were killed when “drone debris” fell on the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka, near Gelendzhik, said Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev. Another 13 people, including children, were injured, and civilian infrastructure was damaged, he said.
Russian air defenses shot down 131 Ukrainian drones overnight on August 3 over Russian regions, occupied Crimea, and the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry reported. In the Vladimir region, a strike hit a Wildberries warehouse, injuring three people. In Belgorod, an attack burned down a building at a technology university where drones were developed and tested.
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