Horror moment Russian suicide drone hunts and slaughters terrified unarmed fruit-seller in frontline Ukrainian city

SICK footage shows a Russian drone hunting a civilian fruit seller in the bloodbath Ukrainian city of Kherson. Police said the clip “makes your blood run cold”. The man is seen running away from the drone before the attack Credit: Ukrainian Police The drone is shown following him around the van Credit: Ukrainian Police It shows an unarmed fruit and veg seller clasping his hands in prayer and running in circles around his stall chased by the Russian quadcopter. The 30 second clip – published by Ukraine’s police – shows the explosive laden drone swooping around his van next to crates of fruit and vegetables at a farmer’s market in the frontline city. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The drone then dive bombs its victim and erupts in a fireball. But miraculously, officials said 52-year-old seller survived and is receiving medical treatment. Police published the clip with the warning: “This footage makes your blood run cold.” They added: “This is how the Russians fight. They are purposefully hunting civilians.” They added: “The man in the video has no signs of a combatant, he is simply trading in the market.” The trader from neighbouring Mikolaiv district suffered “blast injuries, shrapnel wounds and concussion”. Most read in The Sun Small mines dropped by FPV drones in Kherson Credit: Hope For Ukraine A motorcyclist rides along a road covered with anti-drone nets in the eastern Kharkiv region Credit: AFP Police said the footage showed yet “another war crime” committed by Russia. Putin’s invading forces have been repeatedly accused of launching “human safaris” to murder civilians in Kherson. The attack comes a week after a volunteer distributing aid was targeted inside his van by a Russian drone. Hope for Ukraine, the charity that he was working with, said: “Oleksandr was targeted and killed by a Russian drone while delivering vital humanitarian aid to frontline communities. A firefighter carrying a hose nozzle walks through debris and flames inside a damaged postal terminal after a Russian drone struck the facility in a suburb of Kharkiv Credit: Shutterstock Editorial The drone strike ignited a large fire that burned cargo vehicles, shipping containers, and equipment at the facility Credit: Shutterstock Editorial “He was always drawn to where he was needed most, risking everything to save others. His bravery will forever inspire us.” Kremlin troops captured the provincial capital in the first days of the full- scale invasion but they were forced to make a humiliating retreat in October 2022. They scrambled across the Dniper river blowing up bridges as they left.But since they they have hammered the city with rockets, artillery and drone attacks – as it is only separated from Russian controlled territory by a the 1000ft wide river. Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly raised the alarm over escalating drone attacks, saying just weeks ago: “The situation is especially difficult in Kherson, where the Russians are conducting a safari against people. “Defences must be significantly strengthened with more interceptors, more electronic jamming systems, and more gun crews operating in the city.” His warning came days after The Sun reported on how children are being lured to their deaths by toy-like mines deployed by Russia to “depopulate” Kherson. Yuriy Boyechko, founder of Hope For Ukraine, said that Kherson has been transformed into a de-facto urban “minefield” as Russia has been using cheap, agile FPV drones to scatter the camouflaged munitions. This tactic is a relatively recent evolution of Russia‘s drone terror, noticed for the first time in April. Boyechko described it as the “deliberate weaponisation of backyards and doorsteps, a calculated attempt to make life uninhabitable.” “Walking to a pharmacy is becoming a gamble with mutilation,” he said. “It is a big problem. “Russia is using FPV drones to drop these mines all over residential areas in Kherson. Comment now