Oleksandr Prokudin, the regional governor, said Russian forces had launched nearly 7,000 drone attacks in the Kherson region since August. The government is providing electronic warfare equipment to military units to help combat the problem, he said.
“This is targeted terrorism,” Prokudin said. “They see and understand who they are attacking, and at the same time they boast on social media with videos of how they kill and injure civilians.”
Kherson has been under uniquely difficult pressure because Ukrainian troops cannot keep up with Russia’s drone sorties, said Solomiya Khoma, head of international cooperation at the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center, a Kyiv-based think tank.
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Ambulances are a high-priority target, followed by city buses and civilian cars, said Yevhen Piatak, a volunteer with the aid group Global Empowerment Mission. The attacks have created an urgent need for fire extinguishers, he said, because drones equipped with thermite have triggered infernos and drone pilots have tried to hit responding fire trucks.
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Residents also describe how the drones are salting the whole Kherson area with small antipersonnel mines. The mostly plastic munitions, PFM-1S, are commonly called petal mines because of their distinct and innocuous shape. They explode when stepped on and are typically green or brown to camouflage them on the ground.
PFM-1S are the mines that look like toys, and are more likely to be picked up by children. This is pure evil. It's evokes an extremely dark emotional reaction for me that I won't go into.
PFM-1S are the mines that look like toys, and are more likely to be picked up by children. This is pure evil.
It's evokes an extremely dark emotional reaction for me that I won't go into.
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PFM-1S are the mines that look like toys, and are more likely to be picked up by children. This is pure evil.
It's evokes an extremely dark emotional reaction for me that I won't go into.
And it's quite common - I've read stories of them being used during the Soviet Afghan war with kids picking them up.
We are indiscriminately killing the civilians of Kherson in the street, to protect the civilians of Kherson!