Death toll from Ukrainian strike on occupied village rises to 27, Russia says

Recruits perform drills at a training ground in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Russian authorities said that the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike they claim struck a cafe in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region has risen to 27.

Kyiv has denied attacking civilian targets.