Russian officials on Thursday said a Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-held village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks.Three drones struck a cafe and hotel in the resort town of Khorly on the Black Sea coast, the region’s Moscow-installed leader, Vladimir Saldo, said in a statement on Telegram. He said that one of the drones carried an incendiary mixture, sparking a blaze. The attack was condemned by a number of Russian officials. Valentina Matviyenko, the chair of Russia’s Upper House of Parliament, the Federation Council, said that the strike “strengthened Russia’s resolve to quickly achieve its goals in its almost four-year invasion of Ukraine.” The statement follows claims from Moscow that Ukraine launched a large drone attack against one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official residences in northwestern Russia on Tuesday. Kyiv has denounced the claims as a lie. Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Thursday that its specialists had accessed the navigation system in one of the drones it claimed was used in the attack and used its data to confirm that Mr. Putin’s residence was the drone’s final destination. The claim could not be verified as the ministry did not share evidence on the findings, but officials said it would transfer the data to U.S. officials through established channels.On Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry also released a video on Wednesday of a downed drone said to have been involved in the attack. The nighttime clip showed a man in camouflage, a helmet and a Kevlar vest standing near a damaged drone lying in snow.