Russia must immediately stop these attacks. States must investigate and prosecute those responsible. The world cannot look away.

Read the report: Hunted From Above
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

This is the first time HRW has concluded that Russia is intentionally targeting civilians in Ukraine using drones—constituting war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Serhii Dolhov lost his foot to a drone-dropped antipersonnel landmine while walking near his home.

“I am always looking up for drones, but I wasn’t looking down for mines”, he said.

Russian forces have used cheap, commercially available drones armed with munitions including prohibited antipersonnel mines— they have used these drones to attack people, homes, ambulances, grocery stores, and infrastructure.

The attacks have devastated daily life in parts of Kherson: shops have closed, buses stopped running, prevented ambulances from reaching victims, and families have had to flee en masse.

The video of her attack was posted online with the caption: “Ukrainian Armed Force soldiers ride bicycles. This character was accurately eliminated.”

She is a civilian, and was in regular clothes, and unarmed.

Anastasia was cycling in Kherson when she saw a drone begin to follow her.

The drone, operated by a Russian soldier, chased her for 300 meters before dropping a munition. She was hit in the neck, leg, and ribs—but kept biking, covered in blood.

Serhii Dolhov lost his foot to a drone-dropped antipersonnel landmine while walking near his home.

“I am always looking up for drones, but I wasn’t looking down for mines”, he said.

Russian forces have used cheap, commercially available drones armed with munitions including prohibited antipersonnel mines— they have used these drones to attack people, homes, ambulances, grocery stores, and infrastructure.

The attacks have devastated daily life in parts of Kherson: shops have closed, buses stopped running, prevented ambulances from reaching victims, and families have had to flee en masse.

The video of her attack was posted online with the caption: “Ukrainian Armed Force soldiers ride bicycles. This character was accurately eliminated.”

She is a civilian, and was in regular clothes, and unarmed.

Anastasia was cycling in Kherson when she saw a drone begin to follow her.

The drone, operated by a Russian soldier, chased her for 300 meters before dropping a munition. She was hit in the neck, leg, and ribs—but kept biking, covered in blood.