Drone captures bizarre ambush on Ukrainian civilians, Russian attacker accused of war crimes

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A Russian soldier who allegedly shot a civilian in an extraordinary attack caught on camera by a Ukrainian drone is being accused of war crimes in absentia by the Ukrainian police. The dossier of evidence against him includes phone calls between the soldier and his wife and friend intercepted during a months-long investigation into the Russian attack near the city of Izium last June. The audio files were shared exclusively with CNN in advance of a news conference in Kharkiv to announce the charges on Tuesday. The attack was also captured on aerial footage by Ukrainian soldiers, who launched a unique rescue mission by attaching a piece of paper with the words "follow me" to a small drone -- an operation which featured in a recent documentary by Ukrainian filmmaker Lyubomyr Levytsky.

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