KYIV: Ukraine expressed outrage on Tuesday (Aug 4) over a video displaying a person chased by a drone in Kherson metropolis and denounced it as a deliberate “hunt” and “safari” concentrating on civilians.
Within the footage, which couldn’t instantly be verified by AFP, a person seeks shelter behind a car from a remotely piloted FPV (first-person view) drone pursuing him earlier than detonating its explosive cost.
The person, who was promoting greens at a avenue market within the southern metropolis, “suffered bodily accidents however survived”, the top of Kherson Metropolis Army Administration, Yaroslav Shanko, mentioned on Telegram.
“I had solely arrange the umbrellas and started taking the crates out … My spouse was there too. We heard a buzzing sound,” the sufferer, a 52-year previous man recognized as Yuriy, recounted in a video posted by native authorities.
He sustained blast trauma, shrapnel wounds and concussion however his life isn’t at risk, Kherson governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on Telegram.
“As we speak, many had been shocked by one more video of the drone ‘safari’ Russians are finishing up towards civilians in Kherson,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned on X, reposting the footage.
“The world should see this. It should see each piece of proof that Russia has gone mad and that its troopers have the benefit of killing and abusing civilians,” he added.
The incident “requires worldwide condemnation and justice”, International Minister Andriy Sybiga mentioned on X, calling it a “barbaric Russian struggle crime”.
“It is a deliberate and systemic Russian technique … The sadist working this drone is aware of full nicely that he’s concentrating on a civilian,” he added.
