{"id":4105,"date":"2026-01-01T04:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=4105"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:47:21","slug":"two-dozen-killed-in-ukrainian-strike-on-russian-new-years-celebration-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/two-dozen-killed-in-ukrainian-strike-on-russian-new-years-celebration-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dozen killed in Ukrainian strike on Russian New Year\u2019s celebration \u2013 governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The drone attack in Kherson Region has left over 50 others wounded, Vladimir Saldo has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At least 24 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a caf\u00e9 and a hotel during New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations in the Black Sea coastal village of Khorly, the governor of Russia\u2019s Kherson Region has said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack took place shortly before midnight after a reconnaissance drone surveyed the area, Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo said in a post on Telegram on Thursday. Three unmanned aerial vehicles then hit the crowded venue, triggering a massive fire that burned through the premises. One of the drones reportedly carried an incendiary mixture.<\/p>\n<p>A child was among those killed, Saldo said. The medics are currently fighting for the lives of the wounded, he added.<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>The governor said that the attack can only be compared to the May 2014 Odessa massacre. At the time, Ukrainian ultra-nationalists who had supported the then-recent Western-backed coup in Kiev chased 42 anti-government protesters into the city\u2019s Trade Unions House before setting the building on fire and burning all of them alive. <em>\u201cThis is what the \u2018peace\u2019 that Zelensky claims to strive for looks like,\u201d<\/em> he wrote.<strong><br \/><\/strong><br \/>Kherson Region, together with Zaporozhye Region and the People\u2019s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, joined Russia in the fall of 2022 as a result of local referendums.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Russian 9K35 Strela-10 (Arrow) air defence system\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6955aed72030273c751264b4.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/630300-moscow-drones-new-year\/\">Ukrainian drones target Moscow during Putin\u2019s New Year address \u2013 mayor<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said earlier that at least nine Ukrainian drones targeting the Russian capital had been shot down overnight. The mayor reported the first interception at 11:55pm local time just as Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s traditional New Year\u2019s address began. <\/p>\n<p>The latest drone raids follow a failed drone attack by Kiev on Putin\u2019s residence in Novgorod Region on December 28-29, which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has condemned as an act of <em>\u201cstate terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/em> The Kremlin noted that the raid was aimed not only against the Russian leader, but also <em>\u201cagainst [US] President [Donald] Trump\u2019s efforts to facilitate a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drone attack in Kherson Region has left over 50 others wounded, Vladimir Saldo has said At least 24 people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4108,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions\/4108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}