How Russian drones targeting civilians are turning one Ukrainian city into a 'human safari'

KHERSON, Ukraine – When Olena Horlova leaves home or drives through town outside the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson , she fears that she's a target. She believes that Russian drones could be waiting on a rooftop, along the road or aiming for her car.

To protect herself and her two daughters, the girls stay indoors, and she stays alert – sometimes returning home at night along dark roads without headlights so as not to be seen.

After living through the occupation , refusing to cooperate with Russian forces and hiding from them, Horlova, like so many other residents, found that even after her town was liberated in 2022, the ordeal didn't end .

Kherson was among the first places where Russian forces began using short-range, first-person view, or FPV, drones against civilians. T