Russian drone footage released by Ukrainian police shows a drone deliberately tracking and pursuing a street vendor at a market in the southern city of Kherson. The video captures the drone chasing the man around a van used as a street stand before exploding as the vendor dove for cover behind the vehicle, resulting in injuries.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Russia of committing a war crime, branding the drone's pilot a sadist who knowingly targeted a civilian. Sybiha stated that the attack is part of a deliberate Russian campaign intended to intimidate civilians.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the footage as evidence of Moscow’s drone safari against civilians. He further asserted that the incident demonstrates how Russian soldiers take pleasure in killing civilians.