Russian forces hit Kyiv petrol station, injuring four


Firefighters work at a site of a gas station hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 10, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

KYIV, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Russian ⁠forces attacked a petrol station in the Ukrainian ⁠capital Kyiv, for the first time, injuring four ‌people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the oil company Ukrnafta said on Thursday.

The attack hit a petrol station complex in southwestern Kyiv, sparking ​a fire, destroying at least one ⁠vehicle and causing a ⁠fire in a neighbouring building, the emergencies service said.

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

For nearly two ​weeks, Kyiv ‌has been under an almost continuous barrage of jet-powered ⁠drones targeting ​warehouses and industrial facilities in the city and its suburbs.

In recent months, Russia has attacked around 300 Ukrainian petrol ⁠stations, mostly in frontline eastern regions, ​in an effort to disrupt logistics for Ukraine's military.

Russian forces attacked and disabled an oil depot in the Kyiv region ⁠in late August.

Ukraine has also targeted Russian fuel logistics with 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.

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

(Reporting by Pavel PolityukEditing by Ros Russell)

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