One tragic Ukraine story told with drones, satellites and social media
CNN
Tragic individual stories of 21st century war in Ukraine are coming into focus in 21st century ways, including through drone video and social media posts.
Drone video shows a figure pushing a bicycle up a street who is gunned down by Russian soldiers in a military vehicle.Geolocation of a video posted to Twitter shows the body on the street.News photos taken on the ground later show painted red nails on the dead woman's hand and a heart shape on her ring finger.A makeup artist posted photos to Instagram of Iryna Filkina, 53, with the heart on her fingernail. Filkina had enrolled in the makeup artist's class before Russia invaded.Filkina's daughters, who fled to Poland, recognized their mother's hand in the photos that spread across the internet.
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