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Video. Civilian hunted and attacked by Russian drone in Kherson

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 86 words · By Ilaria Federico
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What to know about Video. Civilian hunted and attacked by Russian drone in Kherson

Ukrainian police have released footage showing what they say is a Russian FPV drone pursuing a civilian through a marketplace in the southern city of Kherson.

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What happened

Ukrainian police have released footage showing what they say is a Russian FPV drone pursuing a civilian through a marketplace in the southern city of Kherson.

Why it matters

The video shows a man in dark clothing running around a parked vehicle as the remotely piloted drone follows him before detonating its explosive charge.

Common ground

According to Ukrainian police, the 52-year-old man survived the attack but sustained injuries and a concussion.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The video shows a man in dark clothing running around a parked vehicle as the remotely piloted drone follows him before detonating its explosive charge.”
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The description of the man moving around a parked vehicle while being tracked by a drone is explicitly confirmed by DroneXL, citing the National Police of Ukraine, and is consistent with the reports of the drone 'hunting' the civilian.
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web search NEUTRAL — FPV drone flight up the Matterhorn's epic Hornli ridge. I've wanted to try this flight for a while and finally went for it during my month in Switzerland this winter (2022). I flew an Iflight Chimera …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W_nFlIAWFM
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web search NEUTRAL — A man moves around a parked van at a Kherson street market as a Russian FPV drone tracks him from above. A still from the police video shows the vendor moving around his van as the drone tracks him. P…
https://dronexl.co/2026/08/06/kherson-fpv-drone-vegetable-se…
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web search NEUTRAL — Camera punches through a shop window, weaves through collapsed interior, blasts out into a wide plaza, drops to ground level threading between burning tank tracks, dives into underground parking — dar…
https://www.scenic.sh/prompt/6ec29e78-520a-4e70-b213-2d0161c…
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Claim 2: “Ukrainian police have released footage showing what they say is a Russian FPV drone pursuing a civilian through a marketplace in the southern city of Kherson.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Ukrainian police released footage of a Russian FPV drone pursuing a civilian in a Kherson marketplace. This is further supported by a Wikipedia entry regarding the 'Human safari' campaign in Kherson.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The human safari is a Russian campaign of deliberate terrorism against civilians in Kherson, Ukraine. Russian military units, since May 2024, utilize drones fitted with hand grenades and other explosi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_safari_(terror_campaign)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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Claim 3: “Ukrainian authorities say FPV drones are increasingly being used to target civilians in areas close to the front line.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Ukrainian authorities and the UN report an increase in drone attacks targeting civilians near front lines, specifically mentioning the 'safari' tactics used in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mounting reports from Ukrainian areas along the front lines say civilians are frequently being hurt or killed by Russian drones. The United Nations says "a large portion" of civilian casualties in fro…
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7358607
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian authorities accuse Russia of trying to cause panic and make life in the city near the front line even more difficult with drone attacks.
https://en.vijesti.me/world-a/evropa/821084/Russia-spreads-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainians have adopted the term 'safari' to describe drones 'hunting down' civilians or vehicles in the street - something residents of Kherson, a smaller southern city on the front line, have long s…
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/in-ukraines-zapori…
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Claim 4: “According to Ukrainian police, the 52-year-old man survived the attack but sustained injuries and a concussion.”
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Three independent web sources (Metro News, RBC-Ukraine, and another police report) specifically mention the victim was a 52-year-old man who survived with a concussion and shrapnel/explosive injuries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The human safari is a Russian campaign of deliberate terrorism against civilians in Kherson, Ukraine. Russian military units, since May 2024, utilize drones fitted with hand grenades and other explosi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_safari_(terror_campaign)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kherson Border Detachment (MUN 2161) is a brigade level detachment of the Eastern Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Black Sea and the de facto "Russia-Uk…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Border_Detachment
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oleksandr Serhiyovych Prokudin (Ukrainian: Олександр Сергійович Прокудін; born 22 July 1983) is a Ukrainian civil servant. He has served as the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration sin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr_Prokudin
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.