Three children were killed and six others wounded after a drone struck a childcare centre in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar during an overnight Ukrainian attack, according to Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova.
Regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said two adults were also taken to hospital following what he called a “massive attack by enemy drones”, which reportedly damaged apartment buildings and sparked a warehouse fire.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova blamed Kyiv for the deaths and accused the Ukrainian government of deliberately endangering children. E-commerce company Ozon said one of its Krasnodar warehouses was hit by a drone and caught fire, although employees were evacuated.
Russian officials also reported a drone strike on an industrial facility in neighbouring Stavropol Region, while two civilians were reportedly injured in Belgorod a day earlier.
Ukraine has intensified long-range drone operations against targets inside Russia in recent months, frequently focusing on energy, industrial and logistics infrastructure, while Moscow says civilian sites have also been struck. President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend that the campaign would neither cripple Russia’s economy nor weaken public morale.
3 teens dead, 6 more hospitalized after a Ukrainian strike on a children’s center in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.
This is the “unfaltering support” for Ukraine that von der Leyen is talking about.
Unfaltering support for killing kids. pic.twitter.com/vHFhRhMYZn
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) August 24, 2026
US, UK and EU stooges are depraved. NZ should not be financing/helping the Kiev regime either. Its repellent.
As for you Mr Putin, I would say its long time to take off the gloves, surely?
Yes I beckon Russia’s bombs on London especially.
I suppose Andy Burnham stood next to the drone operator cheering them on while he was there acting all macho infront of Velensky.