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Russia is hunting people in barbaric ‘human safaris’ | The i Paper
Source: The i Paper | 5 August 2026
[...]Olha Polishchuk, a research manager at the armed conflict monitor ACLED, pointed out that despite the shocking nature of the video, extreme violence against the Ukrainian population was not rare.
“Graphic videos like this sometimes go viral, but targeted violence against civilians and other non-combatants is very common, though much of it remains invisible,” she told The i Paper. “This includes not only the ‘human safari’ with FPV drones, but also executions of civilians and surrendering soldiers, abductions and torture of civilians in occupied areas, and long-range attacks on population centres. [...]
