Overview
- An independent UN commission documented more than a year of drone attacks along roughly 300 kilometers of the Dnipro’s right bank across Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv.
- Investigators say drones deliberately pursued people, struck homes with incendiary and explosive munitions, and targeted firefighters and medics, causing steep population declines in affected towns.
- The report describes a pattern illustrated by cases such as an August 2024 incident in Kherson where a woman was chased into her garage, injured, and later saw additional drones hit her house.
- The commission deems the drone campaign crimes against humanity and reports deportations and forcible transfers, including movements to Georgia, as war crimes.
- The findings were delivered to the UN General Assembly, Russia denies targeting civilians, and the evidence base includes hundreds of largely geo-verified videos alongside limited access to Russian-held areas.