Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack
Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack - Published Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a video...
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- Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack - Published Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a video on social media of a drone hunting down a man in southern Ukraine, saying it showed an instance of a Russian "safari" attack against civilians.
- The video shows the drone pursuing a street vendor on a city street in the Kherson region.
- "It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad, and every fact that Russian soldiers are enjoying killings and tormenting people." The video showed a "barbaric war crime", said Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
- The safaris were a "deliberate and systemic Russian strategy," Sybiha said.
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Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack - Published Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a video on social media of a drone hunting down a man in southern Ukraine, saying it showed an instance of a Russian "safari" attack against civilians. The video shows the drone pursuing a street vendor on a city street in the Kherson region. "It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad, and every fact that Russian soldiers are enjoying killings and tormenting people." The video showed a "barbaric war crime", said Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. The safaris were a "deliberate and systemic Russian strategy," Sybiha said. "The sadist operating this drone knows full well that he is targeting a civilian." The Kherson regional governor later posted a video showing the man - identified as Yuriy, a 52-year-old street vegetable vendor - speaking from a hospital bed following the drone attack. A 2025 UN report said it had found Russian armed forces "recurrently killed and injured civilians" in the area by using drones to target them.