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'I showed it our vegetables - it flew at me,' Ukrainian vendor hunted by Russian FPV drone recalls the attack
Euronews.com • • world
Key Points:
- A 52-year-old vegetable seller named Yuriy in Kherson was targeted by a Russian FPV drone that pursued him around his market van before detonating nearby, causing him concussion, blast trauma, and shrapnel wounds.
- CCTV footage shows the drone tracking Yuriy closely before exploding, with Ukrainian officials emphasizing there was no military target present, only farm produce.
- Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets condemned the attack as part of Russia's tactic of deliberately targeting civilians, calling it a "human safari" and urging global attention.
- This incident is reportedly the second drone attack on Yuriy, highlighting a pattern of Russian forces using drones to pursue and strike individual civilians in southern Ukraine.
- Ukrainian authorities have classified the attack as a suspected war crime, with prosecutors opening an investigation amid reports from UN monitors of a rise in drone-related civilian casualties this year.
