US EditionRussia Using Drones to Hunt Ukrainian Civilians: HRW
- On June 3, 2025, Human Rights Watch released a report accusing Russian forces of deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure with drones in Kherson, Ukraine.
- The report follows more than three years of war and is based on interviews, videos, and earlier official reports detailing numerous drone strikes against civilians.
- Human Rights Watch recorded a minimum of 45 targeted drone strikes by Russian forces against civilians, healthcare facilities, and infrastructure in Kherson between mid-2024 and the end of the year, resulting in approximately 30 deaths and nearly 500 injuries.
- Belkis Wille from Human Rights Watch explained that Russian drone pilots have access to detailed video imagery during attacks, clearly demonstrating their intention to harm and intimidate civilians.
- The report concludes these attacks violate international humanitarian law and urges global accountability and effective enforcement to protect Ukrainian civilians.
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IOL PortugalTatiana Stawnyy admits that the greatest concern she had in the beginning of the war was with security and is still a concern at present, "it's about drones to attack civilians almost every night".
Ukrainian Defense Minister Umjerov accuses Russia of relying on delay tactics rather than real negotiations. Russia is said to have attacked several regions of Ukraine from the air and with drones again that night.
Moscow's use of these cheap devices revolutionizes the nature of conflicts.
Ukraine: Russia Using Drones to Attack Civilians
Click to expand Image © 2025 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch In 2024, Russian drone strikes killed dozens of civilians and injured hundreds more in the city of Kherson, in apparently deliberate or reckless attacks that constitute war crimes.The attacks have the apparent purpose of instilling terror in the civilian population in Kherson, part of a widespread attack against that population.These attacks underscore the urgency of identifying eff…
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