Ukraine War Watch Thread

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F*cking evil.

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Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack

4 August 2026, 17:11 BST

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a video on social media of a drone hunting down a man in southern Ukraine, saying it showed an instance of a Russian "safari" attack against civilians.

The video shows the drone pursuing a street vendor on a city street in the Kherson region. The man moves away from the drone hovering above, before it chases him as he runs around a white van. Eventually, the drone swoops down on him and explodes on impact.

The man escaped with multiple shrapnel wounds, concussion and trauma, a doctor said.

Sometimes called "human safari", the deployment of remotely-operated drones against civilians has often been used by Russians to terrify residents of front line areas in Ukraine.

"The world must see this," Zelensky wrote on Telegram. "It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad, and every fact that Russian soldiers are enjoying killings and tormenting people."

The video showed a "barbaric war crime", said Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4n03xg981o

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Ukraine hits two Russian oil refineries in 'long-range' attacks, says Zelensky

- Ukraine's President Zelensky says the country's military has hit two Russian oil refineries in "long-range" attacks

- Zelensky says refineries in Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl were hit - in Yaroslavl, huge clouds of black smoke were seen over the city

- Russia's regional governor in Yaroslavl calls it the "largest ever attack by enemy drones", saying 93 drones have been destroyed, but oil storage tanks have been hit by falling debris

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c242dmen8y3t

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Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria as drone explodes near pipeline

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/2 ... r-pipeline

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Russian family denied asylum in Finland fear reprisals for pro-Ukraine activism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/ ... e-activism

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VEB Chief Economist Fired After Warning Russia Cannot Win ‘War of Attrition’ – The Bell

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/ ... ell-a93513

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Judge Sentences Lev Shlosberg to 11 Years in Prison for Anti-War Statements

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/ ... nts-a93516

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Suspected Russian drone shot down in Romanian airspace

https://periscope.corsfix.com/?https:// ... 026-08-16/

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Shootout in Kyiv between Ukrainian spy services ‘disgraceful’, says Zelenskyy

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/ ... sgraceful-