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#Ukraine: Droning civilians for practice. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:29.3

Terms apply. I welcome Colonel Jeff McCausen, United States Army retired. Artillery Men, CBS News,

0:36.9

Dickinson College visiting professor professor CEO of Diamond Sixth

0:40.1

leadership and strategy. Ukraine. Story in the Financial Times. It is appalling. Russia uses civilians

0:48.0

as target practice for killer drones. This is the city of Kersan. You will recall that He Herzan was the sign of a Russian advance early in the war, and then

0:59.0

they evacuated before the spring offensive could drive them against the river.

1:04.0

Well, they're back at it, but this time, using drones and mines, small mines, they are

1:10.0

deliberately targeting civilians in their gardens,

1:13.6

they're walking to the store, and dropping drone hand grenades and mines on them,

1:21.2

blowing off feet and hands and destroying people. Why? Practice, we're told. Practice by the drone users who are rookies on the field for the

1:31.8

Russians. There is another motive here. Jeff, a very good evening to you. Harrison Oblast is one of

1:38.0

the oblasts that Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin lieutenants have mentioned must be part of the deal if there is to be one.

1:46.0

Harrison, Zaporizia, Donetsk, and Luhansk along with Crimea.

1:51.0

I am fresh to this kind of cruelty.

1:54.0

Have you ever seen anything like this, Jeff?

1:56.0

Good evening to you.

1:57.0

Good evening to you, John.

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