Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha accused Russia of war crimes on Tuesday after a video was released showing a drone chasing and wounding a street vendor in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
Footage released by Ukrainian police shows the drone chasing a man around a van serving as a sales stall, before exploding when he jumped behind the vehicle to protect himself.
Police said the vendor, a man in his 50s, survived but suffered concussion and shrapnel wounds from the explosion.
In a post on Telegram, Sybiha said the attack is part of a deliberate Russian campaign to intimidate civilians.
The minister said the operator of the Russian drone must have been aware that he was targeting a civilian, and called him a "sadist."
Today, many were shocked by yet another video of the drone "safari" Russians are carrying out against civilians in Kherson. A Russian drone deliberately hunted down a man selling vegetables and detonated right next to him. The Russians even admitted to the crime, showing zero... pic.twitter.com/uGjC7esFwR
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) August 4, 2026
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