cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/10548069
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The video shows the drone pursuing a street vendor on a city street in the Kherson region. The man moves away from the drone hovering above, before it chases him as he runs around a white van. Eventually, the drone swoops down on him and explodes on impact.
The man escaped with multiple shrapnel wounds, concussion and trauma, a doctor said.
Sometimes called “human safari”, the deployment of remotely-operated drones against civilians has often been used by Russians to terrify residents of front line areas in Ukraine.
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Here is an alternative Invidious link to the video (1 min).
And they wonder why we call them orcs.
I know this, but I don’t get it. The Russians are humans and they are fucking evil. Why pretend they are some fantasy creatures that have no choice? They have a choice and they make the choice, that’s what’s making it evil.
The analogy is Lord of the Rings here. So russia as Mordor, a country of pure evil led by some mastermind made out of even more evil attacking its peaceful neighbors, trying to enslave them.