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Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video depicting a Russian drone pursuing and attacking a civilian street vendor in the Kherson region. The footage shows the drone chasing the man, who then escapes after the drone explodes on impact, leaving him with shrapnel wounds, concussion, and trauma.

49 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLaura GozziBBC News - WorldFiled 2026-08-04 · 17:26 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min
Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video depicting a Russian drone pursuing and attacking a civilian street vendor in the Kherson region. The footage shows the drone chasing the man, who then escapes after the drone explodes on impact, leaving him with shrapnel wounds, concussion, and trauma. Ukraine's government has condemned the incident as a "barbaric war crime" and a deliberate Russian strategy of "human safari" attacks aimed at terrorizing civilians. Ukrainian officials stated this attack is part of a systematic campaign to intimidate residents in front-line areas and called for international condemnation.

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister stated the attack was a 'barbaric war crime' and a 'deliberate and systemic Russian strategy' to intimidate civilians.

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President Zelensky described the incident as a Russian 'safari' attack against civilians and evidence of Russia having 'gone mad'.

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A video shows a Russian drone hunting and attacking a civilian street vendor in the Kherson region.

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The drone attack resulted in the man sustaining multiple shrapnel wounds, concussion, and trauma.

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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. The man moves away from the drone hovering above, before it chases him as he runs around a white van. Eventually, the drone swoops down on him and explodes on impact. The man escaped with multiple shrapnel wounds, concussion and trauma, a doctor said. Sometimes called "human safari", the deployment of remotely-operated drones against civilians has often been used by Russians to terrify residents of front line areas in Ukraine."The world must see this," Zelensky wrote on Telegram. "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." He added the attack was part of a deliberate Russian campaign to intimidate civilians and demanded international condemnation.
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