'We've been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security' is an extraordinary thing for a video games CEO to say on record: aftermath.site/video-game-job...

Russian 'Z-propagandist' Mikhail "Rybar" Zvinchuk stated that "blaming neighbors is a convenient excuse for Russia, but it’s simply not true." He says Russians must admit that Ukraine is now capable of launching drones at very large distances.

Yesterday & Today in Ukraine (01-02 April 2026) Ukraine Daily Update Map Aggregated News Report Over a dozen casualties from FPVs in Kherson Port set ablaze by Shaheds in Odesa Shahed strikes in Kharkiv, Chuhuiv, Pavlohrad & Synelnykove Read more: open.substack.com/pub/brendank...

Tracking Civilian Casualties from Russian Drone Attacks Across Ukraine By Brendan Kelley @kelley7622.tochnyi.info 

Read the full article at: 
brendankelley.substack.com/p/red-zone-u...

Drone warfare is changing conflict—but at what cost? Rising civilian casualties challenge the idea of “precision strikes.” #Drone #Warfare #HumanRights Read Full Article: stratheia.com/drones-above...

Romanian start-up shifts from civilian to military drones https://www.europesays.com/2943262/ What started out for Anton Danici and Ion Mocanu as a civilian drone business is now transforming into…

News coming in of one more civilian killing this morning too. It happened in the village of Yurkivka in Zaporizhia region. Some sick bast*rd was playing "drone safari" again, picking off a minibus with an FPV drone. Four passengers were also injured. No pictures yet.

Russian Drone Strikes Minibus in Zaporizhzhia Region Killing One and Wounding Four. #news #uazmi #war #russia A civilian bus was targeted in the village of Yurkivka while another man was injured in Kherson, as the death toll from Russia’s massive Saturday assault con...

#Romania A Russian drone loaded with explosives crashed in the town of Galați (home to over 200 000 residents), damaging property but causing no civilian casualties. Around 200 people were temporarily evacuated. Another drone fragment was also found near a village further south.

MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 On April 26, in the morning, Russia attacked Chernihiv with drones. As a result of the drone attack, fires broke out in residential areas and at civilian facilities, and vehicles were destroyed.

'The Congolese military said Sun that it shot down a drone belonging to the Rwandan army in the E DRC. …The statement said the drone was carrying out an “offensive” mission targeting both Congolese military positions and local civilian populations.' www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/dr...

Yes, there’s a lot of work we could be doing on the civilian side with this tech.

That was a pretty cool and interesting video. A 77 year old Ukrainian woman was seen hobbling along a road using two canes, moving slowly. She was observed by a Ukrainian drone. They then sent a ground drone to her location, because there were Russians in the area. She was transported to safety.

Nothing is ever what it seems in war www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... The drone assault units need civilian pick-ups and SUV's. A lot. Today. Not tomorrow. We deliver them. Donate: whydonate.com/nl/fundraisi... Do it now. Not tomorrow.

A Russian drone attack before dawn on Ukraine's southern city of Odesa wounded 14 people, including two children, authorities said Monday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas that have been a hallmark of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor. https://to.pbs.org/3QuC7DP

Lastly @faineg.bsky.social has published OSINT data on small drone attacks on civillians globally with some data points from Myanmar within. Recommend reading her piece: little-flying-robots.ghost.io/targeted-dro... and checking out the data set: map.faineg.com/public/index... 17/

#Mali: Iyad Ag Ghali (leader of JNIM) and al-Ghabass Ag Intalla (one of the Tuareg leaders of the Azawad rebellion) following and commenting on the fighting filmed live by drone yesterday. Video via @simnasr.bsky.social

If you’re wondering about my methodology for creating this map of targeted attacks on civilians with small drones, here’s an explainer: little-flying-robots.ghost.io/targeted-dro...

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...

At #SAS2026, Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) and Miami-based autonomous maritime company Magnet Defense announced a strategic partnership to produce medium unmanned surface vessels (MUSVs) for the U.S. Department of War 🇰🇷🇺🇸 www.navalnews.com/event-news/s...

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...

Responsible leaders must be honest with their societies. Russia is already waging a war against Europe by systematically targeting civilian environment - the systems that enable everyday life. These attacks take concrete forms:⤵️

@aljazeera.com condemns killing of journalist in Israeli strike in #Gaza. Mohammed Wishah, a correspondent for the @AlJazeera Mubasher channel, and one other person were killed in a drone strike on a vehicle in Gaza City on Wed.

Indonesian authorities appear to be fairly regularly using drones against civilian targets and villages in Papua, per reporting from Human Rights Monitor and other sources:

I’ve updated my map of attacks on civilians with small drones to include a number of disturbing cases in Mexico and in Papua: map.faineg.com/public/index...

It’s quickly becoming apparent to me that a LOT of these cases involve an armed group using drones against indigenous people.

I also know/know of many indigenous groups who have successfully used drones and drone-collected data to protect their land and their interests, so, well, it’s complicated. I wrote this back in 2015: www.slate.com/articles/tec...

You can also see the Dreaded Foreign Drone in this shot of Brendan Carr’s climb: youtu.be/cWD5ttu37Lk?...

You’d think that if foreign-made drones were really the nightmarishly acute threat to foreign security that the MAGA admin keeps saying they are, they wouldn’t allow them to film admin executives at close quarters….and yet….

While FCC chairman Brendan Carr talks a big game about banning all foreign-made drones…that’s a Chinese-made Autel Evo II filming behind him in his latest PR stunt tower climb video. Autel has been caught blatantly and directly working with Russians, unlike DJI. youtube.com/shorts/UZeQ9...

Why did I make a map of small drone attacks on civilians, and why am I emphasizing the "small" and "short-range" attacks? Read my rationale and much more information in this newsletter post:

Small drone attacks are killing more civilians around the world than ever before. I made a map about it:

Three people were killed and 12 injured after a Russian drone struck a civilian bus in Nikopol. Rescue efforts are ongoing. In total, at least 31 drones hit targets across 14 locations in Ukraine. www.kyivpost.com/post/73394

Two more people were injured in Nikopol as the attacks continued - particularly the sick drone safari using personally controlled FPV drones. Another van with passengers, a separate civilian car and a police car were all hit late this afternoon, in addition to the 2 minibuses.

The US has banned newly-made Chinese-made drones, and American drone makers so far are exhibiting no interest whatsoever in making affordable replacements for the vast number of people who use drones for civilian purposes like "disaster response." Seems bad! www.theverge.com/news/906306/...

🤬 Russians attacked a civilian bus in Nikopol with an FPV drone. Three people were killed, 12 more were injured. The attack took place in the city center - the bus was just approaching the stop when the occupiers purposefully hit it.

NEW: Russian forces continue to conduct drone strikes intentionally targeting civilians in southern Ukraine, weaponizing civilian harm as an intentional tool of war. 🧵(1/6) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar040726

And from Tochnyi, every dot can be clicked and represents, in most instances, multiple russian war crimes against civilians and first responders: maps.tochnyi.info/humansafari/

A Russian drone strike destroyed the Dontsi-Zakharzhevski estate in Velykyi Burluk, Kharkiv region. It was a 19th century building. It survived two world wars but did not survive the "Russian liberation." 📹: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Very detailed report on “human safari” type Russian drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine from Truth Hounds: truth-hounds.org/en/cases/kil...

Very interesting report from Nonviolent Peaceforce, on how they’ve been training aid workers to use frequency analyzers to better anticipate and avoid attacks by small FPV and consumer-type: nonviolentpeaceforce.org/wp-content/u...

Drone warfare is tragically transforming humanitarian aid:

Russians continue their human safari in Kherson, hunting and killing civilians every day. Recently, a Russian drone unit known as "Rubikon," notorious for its skill, brutality, and ruthlessness, has been deployed to the area.

VERY cool OSINT tool from @bellingcat.com uses SAR data to create real time damage est. since start of Iran War. Using NSA Bahrain as an example, it's pretty darn solid. Even caught a building I'd missed in the March 6 @planet.com imagery! bellingcat-ee.projects.earthengine.app/view/middle-...

#Iraq Repeated explosions have struck the center of Iraq's Kurdistan region, with reports indicating that a US military hideout in Erbil have been heavily targeted by missile and drone attacks. @PressTV

Videos published by Iraqi accounts online appear to show drone attacks in Erbil, northern Iraq, as air defences were seen engaging targets in the sky. Local media reported multiple drone interceptions over Erbil.

Russians are dropping leaflets over Nikopol warning of a possible offensive 😡 They claim they may cross the Dnipro within two weeks and treat all vehicles as targets. This morning, an FPV drone hit a civilian car: one killed, a 60-year-old woman injured #War #Ukraine #Nikopol #FpvDrone

China Built the World’s Drone Industry. Now It’s Locking Down the Skies. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/w... US has even more regulations! Google US laws about civilian drone use.

1 AM in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan: several drone attacks hit civilian houses as well as offices of Kurdish political parties. My friend sent a message saying there was a buzzing sound followed by an explosion a block away. attacks are from militias inside Iraq, directed by Iran

A Russian drone struck a multi-storey residential building in #Kharkiv. Five people have been reported injured. #Russia continues to relentlessly target civilian buildings. Video: Telegram / Накипіло.Харків