ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine ¨C When ?two Russian bombs hit Kateryna Lahuta¡¯s seafood business in Ukraine¡¯s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia last month, they shattered the last semblance of security for the 41-year-old entrepreneur.
Since the first weeks of their 2022 invasion, Moscow¡¯s forces have been dug in just south of Zaporizhzhia, a key manufacturing city of around 700,000 people, hammering it with missiles and drones. But a new wave of attacks has made life deadlier for residents, part of Russia¡¯s escalating air war on Ukrainian cities as it makes only grinding progress on the front lines.
¡°Even half a year ago it was still scary, of course, and there ?were strikes. But it wasn¡¯t like this,¡± said Lahuta. ¡°Now it¡¯s just a ¡®safari.¡¯¡± Ukrainians have adopted the term ¡°safari¡°?to describe drones ¡°hunting down¡°?civilians or vehicles in the street ¡ª something residents of Kherson, ?a smaller ?southern city on the front line, have long suffered from. Reporters visiting Lahuta¡¯s business had to seek cover after hearing the buzzing sound of ?a first-person-view (FPV) drone ¡ª the small, agile helicopter drones loaded with explosives and piloted by video that have made Ukraine¡¯s front lines a ¡°kill zone.¡±
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