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Shocking video shows Russian drone hunting civilian at Kherson market

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Sasha Vakulina
Shocking video shows Russian drone hunting civilian at Kherson market
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Ukrainian police have released footage showing a Russian drone targeting a civilian vegetable seller at a market in Kherson, labeling the incident a war crime. President Zelenskyy condemned the attack as part of a broader 'drone safari' campaign against civilians in the region.

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The report documents ongoing allegations of war crimes and the use of drone technology against non-combatants in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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Ukraine’s National Police released a shocking video on Tuesday showing a Russian drone deliberately hunting down a civilian man at a farmers’ market in Kherson, calling it another war crime.“This is exactly how the Russians are fighting their war — they deliberately target civilians,” the police said in a Telegram post, noting that the man in the video “shows no signs of being a combatant, he is simply selling vegetables and fruit at the market.”“However, for the armed forces of the aggressor country, he is still a target.”The 52-year old, who was selling vegetables survived the attack but suffered blast injuries, shrapnel wounds and concussion, police said.Law enforcement agencies said they were working to document “yet another war crime” committed by Russian forces.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the footage was another example of what he called Russian “drone safari” against civilians in Kherson, adding that Moscow’s forces…

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