How Russia Hunts Civilians With Drones

CIR-verified footage of a drone strike on a moving vehicle in Antonivka.
Source: Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

“Human Safari” may sound fictional, but along the Dnipro River, it is real
—the name locals use for Russia’s drone campaign that deliberately hunts civilians instead of military targets.

Comparison of an image of a damaged ambulance
[left] with drone footage of a strike shared by a pro-Russian Telegram
channel [right]. Source: Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

Human rights groups say this campaign stretches across Kherson, Nikopol, and nearby regions, with hundreds of drone attacks on civilians each week.

Roughly 400-kilometer section of the frontline in Ukraine, where drones are
regularly used to strike civilian targets. Source: Truth Hounds

Olena Semenikhina, head of the village of Sadove, was wounded when a Russian drone dropped an anti-personnel mine on her village. The blast amputated part of her foot.

Photo: Ivan Antypenko/Getty Images

Source: UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine

Russian military channels openly label civilian areas “Red Zones.” According to them, anything that moves is treated as a target.

A map of Kherson and Antonivka showing the locations of CIR-verified
incidents. Source: Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

Ukraine now stretches anti-drone nets over streets and roads—improvised defenses against a campaign meant to terrorize and train troops.

Video: mila.alien/Instagram

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“Human Safari”: Russian Drone Pilots Intentionally Hunt Civilians on Ukraine’s Streets

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