... What makes #Kherson different from everything else we are seeing is how personal it is:
- A Russian operator sits across the river in safety, pulls up a person on a screen — maybe a woman at a bus stop, an old man walking a dog, or a family car driving home — and decides to kill them. They can see exactly who they’re about to #kill, and they do it anyway, while filming.
https://kyivindependent.com/surviving-the-russian-human-safari-in-kherson/
#WarCrimes #RussianAggression #Civilians #CiviliansKilled #Ukraine
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Olena Naumova is our partner from the Patriot Charity Foundation in Kherson. This southern Ukrainian city remains under constant monitoring of Russian drone operators looking for their next prey. On April 4, a shell hit a transport stop 50 meters (164 feet) from Olena. A 55-year-old nurse died on the spot. At least five more were wounded. Within the hour, ten artillery strikes landed in Olena's block. She sat in her hallway and prayed. "Prayed that it wouldn't hit the house, or if it did, that
Surviving the Russian ‘human safari’ in Kherson
In late 2022, #Russian forces have settled just across the #DniproRiver
They don’t need expensive #missiles any more
They send waves of cheap, off-the-shelf commercial #drones to hunt civilians in the streets, in real-time. The locals have a name for it: the #human #safari ...
#RussianWarCrimes #CiviliansKilled #RussianInvasion #RussianAggression #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026
What the West doesn't understand about Russia, from a Lithuanian who knows -- Russia targets critical dam in Kharkiv Oblast with glide bombs -- Ukraine opens first Africa food supply center in Ghana -- Iceland, Poland back tribunal to prosecute Russia's aggression against Ukraine ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/wednesday-april-15-2026/
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Russia launches large-scale missile, drone attack on Ukrainian cities, strikes on apartment buildings kill 3 -- Ukraine hits Russia's key Baltic Sea oil port, Bashkortostan oil refinery -- Ukraine’s deep strikes make Russians feel the war -- Western-made parts keep ending up in Russian and Iranian weapons ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/tuesday-march-24-2026/
#Russian mass attack on #Ukraine; Fires engulf Kyiv
#Paramedic among killed as result of #double-tap strike & 16 of 24 wounded were hospitalized.
Medic identified as Serhii Smoliak, 56
Health Minister said emergency medical team arrived at site of strike on #Residential Building when Russia launched a 2nd strike, killing #Smoliak. 4 other medics were injured & 5 #rescuers were also #wounded
https://kyivindependent.com/4-injured-russia-mass-attack-kyiv-lviv/
#Civilians #CiviliansKilled #RussianAggression #RussianInvasion
Saturday, January 3. 2026
Russia may be preparing large-scale provocation with human casualties -- A cult of death: Former Soviet dissident on Russia and authoritarianism's global rise -- [Vlog] Inside the fight for Ukraine's river islands -- How Ukraine's military intelligence faked the death of Denis Kapustin, a Russian commander fighting for Kyiv ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/saturday-january-3-2026/
Friday, December 19, 2025
Russian border guards briefly crossed into Estonia, Tallinn says -- I build robots to save lives: Here’s why Europe must invest in Ukraine’s civil security -- Putin, the people, or both? The unresolved question of responsibility in Russia -- Russian drone hits civilian car in Odesa Oblast, killing mother and injuring 3 children ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/friday-december-19-2025/
5 Ukrainians suing US tech factories over chips in #Russian #weapons
#Lawsuit to hold 3 major #US #chipmakers accountable for helping #Russia’s #war against #Ukrainian #civilians by failing to control where their products end up
Air raid alarm sounded at #Okhmatdyt #Children’s #Hospital at 11am in Kyiv. Dr Babicheva & her colleagues moved patients to room with no windows. 6 #children were still undergoing procedures
It was a regular workday when the air raid alarm sounded at Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital at 11 a.m. on a Monday in Kyiv. Dr. Olga Babicheva and her colleagues moved their young patients to a room with no windows to better protect them. Six children were still undergoing procedures, so they rushed back to finish them. "Then the explosion happened. I woke up the next day in the hospital. I spent three months recovering. I’m back at work, but the consequences stay with me," she recalled. That st
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