Russian drone strike kills Ukrainian fruit vendor on city street, footage shows

Video circulating on social media appears to show a Russian drone tracking and killing a civilian fruit seller on a street in Ukraine. The footage shows the unmanned aircraft following the man as he runs along a road before striking him. The clip is reported to have been filmed along Ukraine's eastern front line, an area where Russian drone and artillery strikes have repeatedly hit civilian areas since the war began. Ukrainian officials have regularly accused Russia of targeting civilians, a charge Moscow denies. International organizations have called for independent investigations into civilian casualties from the war. Ukraine's eastern and southern regions have seen a high concentration of drone and artillery attacks on populated areas since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. No official confirmation of the victim's identity or the precise location of the strike had been released by the time the footage spread online.