Ukraine slams Russian ‘drone safari’ after video shows vegetable seller being chased down
Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of committing a war crime after a video was released showing a drone chasing down and wounding a vegetable seller in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. Footage released by Ukrainian police shows the drone pursuing a man around a van being used as a street stand before exploding as he dives for cover behind the vehicle. Police said the man in his 50s survived…
Ukraine has accused Russia of committing a war crime following the release of a video showing a drone chasing and injuring a vegetable seller in Kherson, a southern Ukrainian city. The drone pursued the man, believed to be a 52-year-old named Yurii, around a van used as a street stand before exploding as he sought cover behind the vehicle.
The man, who survived, suffered shock and shrapnel injuries. Ukrainian officials identified him as Yurii and shared a video interview with him from a hospital ward. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the incident, calling Russia "mad" and urging stronger measures against Moscow. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed the attack occurred on Tuesday and described it as a deliberate Russian campaign to intimidate civilians.
The incident is part of a broader pattern of Russian long-range missile and drone strikes that have caused civilian casualties, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
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