Targeted attacks on civilians with small drones are growing rapidly around the world, with devastating consequences. I am mapping a selection of these attacks here, and will be regularly adding new entries. Have a look: map.faineg.com/public/index...

Targeted Small Drone Attacks on Civilians: A Global OSINT Picture

A global OSINT map of targeted small drone attacks on civilians since 2022.

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This month, Russian military forces are training the Myanmar military in using FPV drones in combat. t.me/intelslava/9...

I’m collecting examples of these targeted drone attacks on civilians here: map.faineg.com/public/index...

Targeted Small Drone Attacks on Civilians: A Global OSINT Picture

A global OSINT map of targeted small drone attacks on civilians since 2022.

map.faineg.com

That horrible video of a Ukrainian vegetable-seller being stalked by a Russian drone is just one example among many, many thousands of recent incidents where combatants used small drones to kill and terrorize obvious civilians. We have to do more to protect these people - and here’s some ways how:

What Can We Do About Drone Attacks on Civilians? Some Thoughts

Lately, I've been spending a lot of time analyzing, reporting on, and researching the horrifying global uptick in the use of small, cheap, short-range drones to intentionally target and kill civilians...

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Small drones are killing more civilians than ever before - and we need to act. Here’s my thoughts on what we need to do, like establishing a center dedicated to evaluating and investigating drone attacks, training investigators, and explaining how IHL applies to self-defense against drones:

What Can We Do About Drone Attacks on Civilians? Some Thoughts

Lately, I've been spending a lot of time analyzing, reporting on, and researching the horrifying global uptick in the use of small, cheap, short-range drones to intentionally target and kill civilians...

little-flying-robots.ghost.io

This month, Russian military forces are training the Myanmar military in using FPV drones in combat. t.me/intelslava/9...

In Myanmar, villagers in the town of Phru Soe must contend with ever-more-frequent drone bombing, making them fear for their safety: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6xg...

ဖရူဆိုမြို့နယ်မှာ ရွာအနီး စစ်တပ်က ဒရုန်းဗုံးကြဲမှု ခပ်စိပ်စိပ် ပြုလုပ်လာ၊ ဒေသခံတွေလုံခြုံရေးစိုးရိမ်

YouTube video by Ethnic Language TV

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Karenni farmers in Myanmar are forced to contend with the increasing threat of deadly drone strikes amidst armed conflict, slashing their income and threatening their livelihood and food security: ktnews.org/feature/7681/

Declining Agriculture and the Livelihoods of the Karenni People - KTNews.org

Kantarawaddy Times When the rainy season arrives, the rural areas of Karenni State are usually transformed into a beautiful landscape filled with upland rice, corn, peanuts, and other crops. The fresh...

ktnews.org

One civilian woman in Papua was killed and another injured by an Indonesian government drone strike on June 18th, according to advocacy groups. www.ulmwp.org/ulmwp-indone...

Interim President: Indonesian drone attacks killing West Papuan women and children - United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP)

Indonesia is again using drones to kill innocent West Papuan women and children. On 18 June 2026, two Papuan women, Otovina Hogajau...

ulmwp.org

Ukraine appears to have used a DJI Mavic 3 drone and smaller DIY FPV drones in the Sudan attacks, mirroring drone tactics used in the fight against Russia. An example of how these tactics are inevitably going to be exported globally.

Attacks on Civilians with Small Drones: A Global Picture@littleflyingrobots.bsky.social · 3y ago

Ukraine is likely behind attacks on Wagner in Sudan (which included drone strikes), in case you missed it. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/...

Unfortunately, the 33-year-old railway employee mentioned here in the excerpt died in hospital this morning from the severity of her wounds. Three railway employees have been killed by Russian attacks this week in Sumy Oblast alone.

Tochnyi@tochnyi.info · 3mo ago

⚠️ Ukraine Daily Update: 11-12 June 2026
 Brendan Kelley: @kelley7622.tochnyi.info Russian forces also targeted railway infrastructure in Shostkynskyi Raion, killing a 44-year-old female railway employee and severely wounding a 33-year-old female employee.

⚠️ Ukraine Daily Update: 15-16 June 2026 @kelley7622.tochnyi.info 51-year-old Oleg Kyslyi and his 87-year-old mother Oleksandra were killed by a 🇷🇺 drone attack in Nikopol during the day on 16 June. Another resident was killed and at least 3 more civilians wounded by drone attacks across the area.

On the morning of 16 June, a Russian drone struck a bus in Zhytloselishche district in Kherson city, killing a man and wounding at least three others. Drone attacks in the same area also wounded 2 medical personnel and 3 utility workers. Full article: 
tochnyi.info/2026/06/ukra...

⚠️ Ukraine Daily Update: 16-17 June 2026 Brendan Kelley: @kelley7622.tochnyi.info In Trostianetska hromada, Sumy Oblast, an 11-year-old girl, two men aged 42 and 48, and a 47-year-old woman were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a gas station.

⚠️ Ukraine Daily Update: 16-17 June 2026 On 17 June, Russian forces launched a UAV strike targeting an equestrian sports school in Sumy. 3 horses died. Fires were extinguished, the roof and walls of the building were damaged. No human casualties reported. Full article: 
 tochnyi.info/2026/06/ukra...

I've been matching up Russian-posted drone videos of attacks on apparent civilian targets to incidents announced by Ukrainian sources in my database. Like in this case form April, where a Russian Telegram channel posted video of FPV drone attack on a man on a moped: t.me/osvedomitell...

On May 2nd, a Russian milblogger bragged about their constant drone attacks on Kherson minibuses, claiming "Collateral damage is minimal." According to official Ukrainian sources - which use the same photos - those May 2nd minibus attacks killed 2 civilians and wounded 11. t.me/osvedomitell...

Last November, Russian FPV drones killed two civilians - and their dog - in the Kharkiv area, who were explicitly carrying white flags to demonstrate their noncombatant status. Despicable. Warning: Telegram link is graphic. (Wonder who shot and uploaded the drone footage). t.me/prokuratura_...

Last November, Russian FPV drones killed two civilians - and their dog - in the Kharkiv area, who were explicitly carrying white flags to demonstrate their noncombatant status. Despicable. Warning: Telegram link is graphic. (Wonder who shot and uploaded the drone footage). t.me/prokuratura_...

NEWSFLASH: Russian drone injures two in NATO member Romania. The drone crashed into a residential building in Galați, marking the first confirmed civilian injuries from a Russian strike on NATO territory since the full-scale invasion.

Russian drone injures two in NATO member Romania

The drone crashed into a residential building in Galați, marking the first confirmed civilian injuries from a Russian strike on NATO territory since the full-scale invasion.

counteroffensive.news

This marks the first confirmed civilian injuries by a Russian drone directly on NATO territory since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Romanian civilian infrastructure has been hit by a Russian drone. If that happened four years ago, there'd be a public outcry. Instead both US & UK keep lifting sanctions off Russia, despite intensified civilian violence.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4mo ago

BREAKING: A Russian attack drone has struck a residential building in Galați, Romania, according to reports from the scene. Romania is a NATO member state. Initial reports indicate multiple people were injured.

💔 Two people seriously injured in Russian drone attacks on civilian car in Kharkiv Oblast

Two people seriously injured in Russian drone attacks on civilian car in Kharkiv Oblast

A married couple from Kharkiv has been seriously injured as a Russian FPV drone hit a car near the settlement of Pytomnyk in Kharkiv Oblast.

pravda.com.ua

⚡️'Targeted strike' on house killed civilian in Sumy Oblast as Russian attacks kill 5, injure 60 across Ukraine over past day. Sumy Oblast Governor Oleh Hryhorov said that "a targeted strike" by a Russian drone on a building in the Mykolaivska community took the life of a 64-year-old man.

'Targeted strike' on house killed civilian in Sumy Oblast as Russian attacks kill 5, injure 60 across Ukraine over past day

Sumy Oblast Governor Oleh Hryhorov said that "a targeted strike" by a Russian drone on a residential building in the Mykolaivska community took the life of a 64-year-old man and injured his 84-year-ol...

kyivindependent.com

Analysts at @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social have identified a likely Chinese-made BZK-005 drone at the airport of Rapid Support Forces (RSF)-controlled Nyala in South Darfur, Sudan as of 6 May 2026: medicine.yale.edu/download-fil...

Analysts at @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social have identified a likely Chinese-made BZK-005 drone at the airport of Rapid Support Forces (RSF)-controlled Nyala in South Darfur, Sudan as of 6 May 2026: medicine.yale.edu/download-fil...

Russian FPV drones twice targeted a clearly-marked UN humanitarian aid convoy - and a Russian milblogger even approvingly posted the footage on Telegram while claiming (falsely) that the aid vehicles were a legitimate target, before later deleting it.

‘Aid workers are targeted’: Russian drones strike UN convoy in Ukraine

Russian drones twice targeted a UN humanitarian mission tasked with delivering aid to civilians in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on May 14. In the hours following the strike, Russian milita...

france24.com

Excellent piece on how terror spread by small drones is impacting people's lives in Colombia: www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...

‘I always hear them before I see them’: Drones strike fear in Colombia

Armed groups have taken the conflict to the skies by making greater use of cheap, widely available drone technology.

aljazeera.com

Denys Shtilierman confirmed the combat deployment of a rocket-carrying drone by Fire Point 🔹 Denys Shtilierman,Chief Designer and co-owner of Fire Point, told NV that one of the reasons for modifying a kamikaze drone into a rocket carrier was a surplus of Soviet S-5 aviation rockets.

I constantly compile reports, stories, and analyses on how small drone attacks are harming civilians on this page - have a look today: map.faineg.com/public/resou...