Video shows Russian drone killing white flag-waving civilians and dog, Ukraine opens war crimes investigation

https://kyivindependent.com/investigation-launched-after-russian-troops-stroke-with-drone-civilians-walking-with-white-flag/

by BkkGrl

32 comments

  2. My first time bursting in tears from watching something on reddit. Hope this drone operator and all his loved ones burn in hell.

  3. No better than those animals in Sudan who decimate whole villages and moscow has audacity to call themseves european country of some sorts

  4. This is so much worse than the description. An elderly man gets hit first and if I can see correctly, his partner gets double-tapped when she approaches to kneel next to him?  These monsters will pay.

  7. This is why Europe needs to support Ukraine and help them win this war.

    If Russia wins, they won’t be held to account for their war crimes, winners never are.

  8. this is absolutely horrific and just shows the complete disregard for any rules of engagement or basic humanity at this point

  10. I was told it was Ukranians on Russians because “can’t you clearly see the blue tape commonly used on top of UA drones” -.-‘

  11. WARNING!!! The description is MUCH more tame than what is actually ON THE VIDEO!

    Bastards like these should be held accountable, face country-wide sanctions for years to come and demilitarisation of the highest order for comitting, condoning, supporting war crimes like this or staying quiet about them…

    Edit: Another bad thing about this is that this is an FPV- Drone, which can function with AI system targeting. It can recognise the targets set by the controller, be it medium, heavy artillery, vehicles or infantry. Which means either the pilot speeded that drone onto the civilians or it was set up to DELIBARATELY TARGET them!!!

  12. If anyone asks why Ukraine is still fighting…..show them this

  14. Those russian animals will pay… I will open a Louis Roederer once Russia collapses again, fully hoping that Ukraine, Finland, moldova, Georgia, Japan and others get back lost territory and then some more.

  16. Russia no longer deserves to exist as a state. It should be broken down into the sum of its unnatural empire

  17. I saw the same video but it was claimed it was Ukrainians striking a Russian . who knows what’s true , I certainly won’t believe any propaganda outlets

  18. We must do everything possible to ensure a secure future. The EU must invest in its security and help Ukraine.

    Yes, this means temporary sacrifices now.

    Pro-Russian parties must lose elections.

    This means supporting independent media and spreading information about Russia’s crimes against Ukraine and pro-democracy Russians in the Russian Federation.

    Putin is a criminal

  19. Anyone that makes excuses for Russia is making excuses for larger nations conquering smaller nations and committing unnamed atrocities with no accountability.

  20. Both sides are doing such things and we all know it. A few months back Ukraine send drones to hit civilian cars in a highway inside Russia (and yes, international media reported on it). That some people behave as if only one side is doing such atrocities is just dumb.

  22. FUCK THE RUSSIAN ARMY. FUCK BOTOX FILLED VLADIMIR PUTIN. There’s a special place in hell for these motherfuckers

  24. So why does the international community still allow runazzia be an independent country?

    Cheap gas is no argument

    Nuclear weapons is no argument

    Ukraine or any other countries will not be sold over those arguments and this is a FACT

  26. >russians film ukrainian drone killing civilians 

    >ukrainians take the video and claim it was russian drone

    Heh, classic 

  28. I’ll wait for it to appear on another journalistic portal, that portal is not very biased.

  29. Holy propaganda, that was actually a Ukraine drone video

  30. Meanwhile I saw on facebook some Hungarian propaganda stating they were Ukranian drones killing civilians who wanted to escape from Ukrain to Russia. And a shitload of comments praising the Russians for fighting Ukrain. Russian bots made a good job in that country. Honestly for their pro Russian stance and critiquing EU on every occasion Orban gets, they deserve to be thrown out of EU and NATO.

  31. *Editor’s note: The following article contains a graphic video.*

    Prosecutors in Kharkiv have opened a pre-trial war-crimes investigation after a video appeared to show a Russian FPV drone killing two unarmed civilians and their dog near the village of Kruhliakivka on Nov. 3.

    The footage, released by Ukraine’s 77th Airmobile Brigade, was recorded near Kruhliakivka in the Kupiansk district of [Kharkiv Oblast](https://kyivindependent.com/tag/kharkiv-oblast/), an area now under Russian control.

    There were no military targets or positions near the site of the strike, the brigade says.

    According to a statement by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 4, the victims were walking along the road carrying a white flag, a clear sign of their civilian, non-combatant status. Both were killed instantly as a result of a targeted strike, along with their dog.

    “This cynical crime is yet another example of the Russian military’s systematic disregard for international humanitarian law and the right of civilians to life,” the prosecutor’s office said.

    Deliberately targeting civilians constitutes a [war crime](https://kyivindependent.com/tag/russian-war-crimes/) under the Geneva Conventions.

    The office states that the case is being investigated under Part 2 of Article 438 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, which covers violation of the laws and customs of war, resulting in death.

    According to the brigade, Russian soldiers filmed the attack with the aim of further disseminating the footage in their propaganda materials and falsely accusing [Ukraine’s Armed Forces](https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukrainian-armed-forces/).

    “This crime is yet another proof that the occupiers have no concept of honor, morality, or law,” the brigade added.

    Since the very beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the frequent shooting of civilians has been widely documented, with the most well-known instance being the [Bucha massacre,](https://kyivindependent.com/uncovering-the-scope-of-the-bucha-massacre/) committed by Russian troops in March 2022 before their withdrawal from Kyiv Oblast.

    Similar killings have also been reported recently elsewhere along the front line.

    An intercepted radio communication released by Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) [suggested](https://kyivindependent.com/russian-commander-ordered-troops-to-kill-civilians-in-pokrovsk-hur-intercepted-call-says/) on Oct. 22 that a Russian commander ordered his soldiers to shoot civilians near the embattled city of Pokrovsk.

    “Don’t let anyone pass on the way, anyone with large civilian bags, just f*ck them up,” a Russian commander can be heard saying in audio published by [HUR](https://kyivindependent.com/tag/hur).

    The radio chatter was allegedly linked to a video released Oct. 20 by the 7th Corps of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces that, according to the Ukrainian military, shows the aftermath of an incident in which a Russian assault group, after infiltrating behind Ukrainian lines,[ shot and killed several unarmed civilians](https://kyivindependent.com/russian-soldiers-shoot-civilians-dead-in-central-pokrovsk-after-infiltrating-front-line-military-reports/) in Pokrovsk.

    In September, Ukraine’s Third Army Corps [reported Russian troops killing](https://kyivindependent.com/russian-troops-shoot-family-take-young-girl-hostage-in-eastern-ukraine-military-says/) two parents and using their young child as a human shield in the village of Shandryholove in northern Donetsk Oblast.

    On Oct. 9, Ukraine’s Security Service identified the Russian commander of the alleged shooting of three residents of Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast on Oct. 2.

  32. Ceterum censeo russia esse delendam.

    This makes me really mad. At this point I think the general russian populous is complicit in those actions.

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