NEW: The civilians of Kherson have become the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted Russian campaign to empty a city by stalking its residents with drones.
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The killer machines, sometimes by the swarm, hover above homes, buzz into buildings and chase people down streets in their cars, riding bikes or simply on foot. Targets are not soldiers or tanks, but civilian life.
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Since mid-July, Kherson and its neighbouring villages along the western side of the Dnipro have suffered more than 9,500 attacks with small drones, killing at least 37 people and injuring hundreds more, according to the regional military administration, prosecutors and police.
Scores of videos of drone attacks on civilians are posted on Russian military and pro-war Telegram channels. We worked with to analyse and verify 90 of them — a catalogue of the drone onslaught. It suggests Russia is also using civilians as ‘target practice’.
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Ukrainian officials suspect the assault is part of Russia’s plan to ratchet up pressure on Kyiv before Trump returns and prepare a push across the Dnipro. The head of Kherson’s military administration told Russia had assembled “300 boats to cross the river”.
The drone attacks have accelerated a civilian exodus from the area. Kherson region’s 1mn population has plummeted to just 158k since Russia’s invasion. Kherson city had 250k residents; today, there are just 60k. Read our full visual investigation:
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WOW they are doing the same things that israelis are doing in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria!
Any evidence?
No, thought not.
I have plenty of footage of Ukrainian military using civilian vehicles and ambulances.
The civilians of Kherson have become the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare
"Without precedent in modern European warfare"
Oh so when it happens in the middle east it's humane high tech 21st century warfare, but now that it affects white people suddenly it's an "experiment"?
You are an imbecile
This is not just entertaining - it’s the ideal state of mind for any member of the enemy class.
Your ignorance and lack of foresight are so predictable, driving your actions to become increasingly desperate.
Keep it up. 
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