Russian Strike Hits Kyiv Petrol Station, Injuring Four

A Russian attack struck a petrol station complex in southwestern Kyiv, injuring four people and igniting a fire, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the oil company Ukrnafta said. The emergencies service reported that the blaze destroyed at least one vehicle and spread to a neighbouring building.

"There is no military objective in such strikes. This is terror and intimidation of the civilian population," said Ukrnafta CEO Bohdan Kukura.

The strike marks the first time a petrol station in the Ukrainian capital has been hit since the war began. For nearly two weeks, Kyiv has faced an almost continuous barrage of jet-powered drones targeting warehouses and industrial facilities in the city and its suburbs.

In recent months, Russian forces have attacked around 300 Ukrainian petrol stations, mostly in frontline eastern regions, aiming to disrupt logistics for Ukraine's military. An oil depot in the Kyiv region was attacked and disabled in late August.

Ukraine has also targeted Russian fuel logistics, using drone strikes on petrol stations, fuel tankers and railway fuel infrastructure in Russian-occupied regions, as well as oil refineries across Russia, causing fuel shortages.

Early in the war, Russian forces almost completely destroyed Ukraine's major oil depots and fuel storage facilities, triggering a widespread fuel crisis and forcing the country to overhaul its supply logistics.