'I ran because I knew I would die': Russian drones target medics in Ukraine
Inna Lytvynenko always puts on her bright orange body armour when she's out on an emergency call. Last June, the paramedic was sent out in Kherson to treat a woman injured in a Russian drone attack,โฆ
Inna Lytvynenko always puts on her bright orange body armour when she's out on an emergency call.
Last June, the paramedic was sent out in Kherson to treat a woman injured in a Russian drone attack, when an FPV drone smashed into her ambulance.
Seconds later, she heard a buzzing sound in the sky. Another drone was flying straight towards her, fast.
"I panicked. I grabbed my trauma bag and started running," she recalls. "I shouted and screamed. I knew that if I stopped, I would die."
After chasing her for about 10 minutes, the drone flew away. Lytvynenko was quickly picked up by police.
But what she called the "safari hunting" continued. Drones hit two more vehicles that arrived to take the injured woman to hospital. Hours later, a third police car finally managed to get her out.
After another "safari" attack earlier this week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called to put greater pressure on Russia in order to stop deliberate "hunting attacks" on civilians.
Hospitals and ambulances in Ukraine are increasingly coming under Russian drone and missile attack, even though, according to the international rules of war known as the Geneva Conventions, they must be protected by all parties to the conflict.
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