A drone recorded the moment when Russian soldiers killed a Ukrainian civilian on the outskirts of Kiev

A drone filmed a few kilometers west of Kiev how a civilian was shot dead by apparently Russian soldiers, according to a video obtained exclusively by Frontal of the German media outlet ZD.

According to Frontal's investigation, Russian units fired specifically at civilians.

The images are from March 7, 2022 in the early afternoon, local time. A Ukrainian surveillance drone is filming the E40 motorway a few kilometers west of Kiev.

North of the highway, the Russians have taken the suburbs of Kiev. They advanced to the street. The drone films the position of a Russian tank a few meters from a gas station. In front of him is a blue wrecked car apparently shot. In the forest next to it you can see soldiers with machine guns.

The perpetrators are apparently Russian soldiers.

It is 14:16 when the drone camera records several cars of civilians, not military, on their way to the center of Kiev. The first drivers apparently notice Russian tanks and turn around: a silver-gray vehicle stops and a person gets out of the car, raises his hands showing that he was not armed and is shot, falling behind his vehicle.

Then the soldiers, from the position of the tank and across the road, run to the scene. According to the German media “they can be recognized by their white bands. It is the hallmark of the Russian Armed Forces.”

The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday that the latest confirmed count in Ukraine brings the number of civilians killed to 691 and the number of injured civilians to 1,143 since the Russian invasion began 20 days ago.

The death toll, which includes 48 children, is higher than that of at least 636 civilians killed reported in Monday's previous report by UN human rights observers in the country.

The UN stated that the actual numbers of civilian casualties are believed to be “considerably higher”, due to intense hostilities in some areas and delays in reporting, including those in Izium, in the Kharkov region, the southern city of Mariupol and Volnovajja, in the Donetsk region.

Russian forces invading Ukraine have killed more Ukrainian civilians than soldiers, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Friday.

“I want this to be heard not only in Kiev but all over the world,” said Reznikov.

The Russian authorities maintain that they did not start the war and have repeatedly and falsely denounced reports of Russian military setbacks or civilian deaths in Ukraine as fake news, as well as denouncing reports describing the offensive as war or invasion. State media and government officials insist that Russian forces only attack military installations.

(With information from Reuters and AP)

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