As of September 2025, according to a publication released by the United Nations Human Rights ‘Ukraine’s Civilians Face Daily Death and Injury Amid Intense Attacks, UN Human Rights Monitors Say’: “…The leading cause of casualties near the frontline remained short-range drone attacks, predominantly with First-Person-View drones. As nearly 30 per cent of all civilian casualties were caused by this type of weapon…”.
Undoubtedly, short-range attack drones are an currently a massive contributor to civilian injuries and deaths as the war in Ukraine enters it’s 12th year. russian forces regularly indiscriminately target civilians to terrorize populations and often, inhumanly, for target practice.