The incident occurred on Aug. 4 at a Kherson market located in Southern Ukraine<\/a>. Footage released by the Kherson Regional Military Administration shows a drone hovering near a man standing beside a minibus before following him as he moves behind the bus. Moments later the drone dives toward the minibus and explodes near its front, detonating close to where the man is standing.<\/p>\n “A Russian drone deliberately hunted down a man selling vegetables and detonated right next to him,” Zelenskyy wrote on X in a post including the video. “The Russians even admitted to the crime, showing zero regret and openly boasting about tormenting people. The man was wounded in the blast. Every single day, ordinary people in Kherson face these Russian “safaris.”<\/p>\n MOSCOW BOMBING EXPOSES POTENTIAL SECURITY GAPS AROUND PUTIN’S MILITARY ELITE, EXPERT SAYS<\/a><\/p>\n Footage released by the Kherson Regional Military Administration shows a drone tracking a man near a minibus before striking and exploding beside the vehicle. The man miraculously survived.\u00a0 (East2West)<\/p>\n The street vendor, identified as 52-year-old Yuriy, survived the near-fatal encounter, which Ukrainian authorities describe as part of a pattern of Russian drone attacks that track and target civilians \u2014 a practice they have dubbed “human safaris.”<\/p>\n Speaking from a hospital bed, Yuriy told BBC<\/a> that he and his wife were setting up their stall when he heard the drone buzzing nearby. His wife had run away, and the drone zeroed in on Yuriy, who pulled out vegetables to show that he did not have a weapon.<\/p>\n “It could see that I had tomatoes out, some cucumbers and eggplants laid out on the floor,” Yuriy told BBC. “It even ducked under the umbrella when I was running away round the other side.”<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called the attack a “barbaric war crime<\/a>,” demanding international intervention.<\/p>\n WHY TRUMP IS DOWNPLAYING REPORTS RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE HELPING IRAN<\/a><\/p>\n Zelenskyy argued that everyone should see the video to make clear what Russia is capable of, arguing that President Vladimir Putin<\/a> won’t stop with Ukraine.<\/p>\n “This is not just about Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote. “Russia\u2019s campaign against human life must be stopped here in Ukraine before it spreads further. Finland and Kazakhstan, the Baltic states and Poland, the countries of the South Caucasus, Romania, and Moldova \u2014 all should work together to ensure real security guarantees and bring Russia\u2019s war to an end.”<\/p>\n Russian drone strike killed at least 12 Ukrainian coal miners and injured seven others when it hit a civilian bus in Dnipropetrovsk region. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk region)<\/p>\n “Peace is needed, which requires cooperation among everyone in the world who truly values peace,” Zelenskyy wrote.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office says authorities have opened<\/a> 5,303 criminal cases into drone attacks on civilian targets in the Kherson region. The office says the attacks have killed 287 civilians and wounded 2,549 others, including 41 children.<\/p>\n UKRAINE SEEKS MORE U.S. PATRIOT INTERCEPTORS AS BOMB SHELTER PROBE DEEPENS<\/a><\/p>\n Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a podium split with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin crossing himself at Orthodox Easter service. (Inquam Photos\/Octav Ganea via Reuters; AP Photo\/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)<\/p>\n SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n Prosecutors said the attacks appeared to be part of a systematic campaign, with FPV drones<\/a> repeatedly striking civilians in public places, homes, transport hubs and civilian vehicles, and in some cases launching follow-up attacks after emergency crews arrived.<\/p>\n![\"FPV](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/russian-fpv-drone-hunt-1-east2west-news.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Drone](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ukraine-coal-miners-bus-attack.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Zelenskyy-putin-split.jpeg\")
<\/p>\n