Chilling footage shows Russian drone hunting down Ukrainian farmers in staged safari: This is another war crime

A wild video shows a Russian drone hunting down panicked Ukrainian farmers in the Donetsk region – as unsettling music blares in the background.The footage, captured by first person-view drone, was intercepted by the Ukrainian military and released on social media.It shows two farmers standing next to each other in a field, before they scurry in opposite directions as they attempt to dodge the incoming drone hurtling towards them.The drone then makes a sharp 180-degree turn, revealing at least two more farmers, all of whom are now frantically scrambling for cover as they abandon their agricultural equipment behind.The scene continues for a little more than a minute, with the terrified farmers in chaos — until the drone finally crashes into a truck.The video “shows how Russian operators staged a ‘safari’ behind civilian farmers,” said the 12th Azov Brigade, an elite Ukrainian special forces unit, who released the video Thursday.“Russia is only interested in the complete destruction of Ukraine and Ukrainians as an independent nation,” it added.“This is another war crime added to the list of tens of thousands of other violations of the rules and customs of war by the occupiers.”Drone attacks have become a staple of the conflict.Russia currently occupies an estimated 70% of the mineral and coal-rich border region of Donetsk, where Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has focused much of his war efforts in recent months.His invasion of Ukraine is inching closer to the four-year mark.

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