Russia says four people killed at holiday resort, including a child, in Ukrainian drone attack


MOSCOW, Aug 3 (Reuters) - ⁠Russia said on Monday that four ⁠people, including a child, had been ‌killed and 10 injured at the Black Sea holiday resort of Gelendzhik following a Ukrainian drone attack.

There ​was no immediate comment from ⁠Ukraine, which like ⁠Russia says it does not deliberately target civilians.

Veniamin ⁠Kondratyev, ‌the governor of Russia's southern Krasnodar region where Gelendzhik and the ⁠nearby village which was struck is ​located, said ‌the Ukrainian attack had targeted civilian infrastructure ⁠and called ​what had happened a tragedy.

"The death toll in (the village of) Arkhipo-Osipovka has risen to ⁠four following drone debris, with ​a further 10 people injured," local authorities said in a statement.

"On the governor’s instructions, a ⁠specialist disaster medicine team has been dispatched to the scene. Two adults and one child have been taken to hospital".

Unverified video ​posted on social media ⁠showed a Ukrainian drone slamming into a ​beach area at the ‌village followed by a loud ​explosion.

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Gleb Stolyarov/Andrew Osborn; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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