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Russia has accused Ukraine of kill at least 24 people on Thursday night in a drone attack against a hotel and a cafe where civilians were celebrating the New Year in a Putin-controlled part of the region Khersonin southern Ukraine. According to the Kremlin, a child is among the victims.
In addition, kyiv has claimed responsibility for a drone attack against a Russian refinery in Krasnodar. The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have shot down 168 Ukrainian drones this New Year’s Eve that attacked several Russian regions, including the city of Moscow.
“According to preliminary information, more than 50 people were injured and 24 died. The figures are becoming clearer. Many died burned alive, said the pro-Russian regional governor, Vladimir Balance, who claims that it is a “deliberate attack” against civilians.
According to Saldo, the drones were transporting incendiary material, previously used to burn crop fields in the occupied region. However, the agency Reuters has not been able to verify the published photographs by the Saldo press service, showing alleged consequences of the attack.
In the images, at least one body was seen under a white sheet. The building showed signs of an intense fire and what looked like blood stains on the floor.
The body of a victim lies lying on the ground following what Russian authorities described as a nighttime attack by Ukrainian drones on a hotel and a cafe, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the village of Khorly, in the Kherson region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, on January 1, 2026.
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“This is the peace that (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky claims to seek,” he added after the Kremlin accused Ukraine of attacking Putin’s residence with drones last weekend with the supposed objective of undermining negotiations between the two countries to reach peace, something that the CIA has denied happened.
Kherson is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russia claimed as its own in 2022, a decision that kyiv and most Western countries denounced as an illegal land grab.
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for its part, the responsible for the Regional Military Military Administration and Jarcov (Uccraney), Han Informed of one dead and two injured in an attack with “more than 200 Russian drones” during the last night of the year.
The anti-aircraft defenses, according to the military report, could not prevent 24 hits by Russian drones from being recorded in 15 points in Ukrainian territory. Authorities have reported that more than 100,000 people are without power in the western region of Volhynia due to this attack.
Russia deliberately brings war into the New Year – launching more than two hundred attack drones against Ukraine overnight. Most of them were successfully shot down, and I thank all our warriors who repelled this attack. The strikes hit the Volyn, Rivne, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa,… pic.twitter.com/JfijkZ1y7E
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) January 1, 2026
The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, has condemned it on his Telegram channel: “The targets of the attack were energy infrastructures. The deaths must stop.”
“There can be no pause in the protection of lives. If the attacks do not stop during the New Year holidays, the deliveries of air defense systems cannot be delayed. Our allies have the necessary equipment,” said Zelensky, who has expressed gratitude for the international support for his country.
“We hope that everything we agreed with the United States for our defense in December arrives on time,” he concluded, alluding to the latest contacts between kyiv and Washington to cooperate in the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.