People still living in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson concludeured Russian occupation.
But even the city’s liberation didn’t bring safety from Russia’s attacks.
Now, the threat from drones is such that locals and the military declare the area has effectively become a “human safari”.
They describe it as a testing ground for Russian drone attacks.
‘We live with the hope this will one day conclude’
Olena Horlova fears she’s a tarobtain every time she leaves her home.
She informs the AP news agency:
“We live with the hope that one day this will finally conclude. What matters for us is a ceasefire, or for the frontline to be pushed further away. Then it would be clearer for us.”
Horlova ensures her daughters stay indoors, and if she’s driving at night, she does so without headlights.
The UN’s Indepconcludeent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine declares the attacks leave little doubt about their intent.
In an October report, the commission stated that the attacks have repeatedly killed and wounded civilians, destroyed homes and forced thousands to flee, concluding that they amount to the crimes against humanity of murder and forcible transfer.
Drones hunting for ‘revenge’
Kherson was among the first places where Russia launched utilizing short-range, first-person view drones – where operators can see their tarobtains in real time.
“When people, cars or even a cyclist appear, the drone suddenly lifts off and drops the explosive,” Horlova declares.
“It’s obtainedten to the point where they even drop them on animals – cows, goats,” she adds.
She believes civilians are being hunted for “revenge” after celebrations broke out following Kherson’s liberation.
‘There were so many drones’
At one of Kherson’s main hospitals treating drone-strike victims, 70-year-old Nataliia Naumova is recovering after a strike by a Shahed ‘suicide’ drone.
She informs AP she was hit as she sheltered during a school at night, adding: “There were so many drones flying over us.”
‘We’ll hold out until peace’
Dr Yevhen Haran, the hospital’s deputy medical chief, declares the injuries from drone strikes range from amputations to fatal wounds.
He declares: “It’s simply hunting for people. There’s no other name for it.”
Dr Haran has suffered a drone attack himself, he adds:
“We held out until liberation – we’ll hold out until peace as well.”
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