{"id":119026,"date":"2026-08-03T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/six-deaths-and-40-injured-a-drone-crashed-near-putins-palace-in-krasnodar\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:09:55","slug":"six-deaths-and-40-injured-a-drone-crashed-near-putins-palace-in-krasnodar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/six-deaths-and-40-injured-a-drone-crashed-near-putins-palace-in-krasnodar\/","title":{"rendered":"Six deaths and 40 injured. A drone crashed near Putin&#8217;s palace in Krasnodar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At least six people have died, and about 40 have been injured, after a drone crashed approximately 27 kilometers from Vladimir Putin&#8217;s palace in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar region of Russia. There are 17 people who have been transported to the hospital.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among those who suffered are also several children, notes Meduza. The moment of the drone&#8217;s fall was captured by witnesses.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the drone fell, an explosion also occurred. At that moment, dozens of people were on the beach or in the water.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Locals and tourists in the area claim that there were no warnings about the danger, although officially an air alert would have been issued, writes the Russian press.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1280\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 1280;\" width=\"720\" controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/krasnodar.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least six people have died, and about 40 have been injured, after a drone crashed approximately 27 kilometers from Vladimir Putin&#8217;s palace in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar region of Russia. There are 17 people who have been transported to the hospital. Among those who suffered are also several children, notes Meduza. 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