Russia hits Kyiv petrol stations, kills one


A firefighter and police officers work at the site of a petrol station hit by a morning Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KYIV, Sept 23 (Reuters) - ⁠Russia slammed jet-powered drones into two petrol ⁠stations and other sites in Kyiv early on ‌Wednesday, killing one, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met US President Donald Trump.

A further seven people were injured in the ​morning attack, city authorities said. ⁠Explosions were heard and ⁠smoke billowed in the city centre, according to Reuters ⁠journalists.

Russia ‌has changed tactics and in recent weeks been attacking Kyiv and nearby areas ⁠with near constant barrages of the faster ​and high-flying ‌jet drones that are harder to intercept.

Ukrainian oil ⁠company Ukrnafta ​said Russia hit one of its petrol stations in the capital — the sixth such facility attacked in ⁠recent weeks.

The attack comes after Zelenskiy ​discussed a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets with Trump in New York on Tuesday.

Zelenskiy said he ⁠was ready for "any format" of an energy ceasefire with Moscow, as long as Russia halted its own attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure.

Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chief executive of ​the Ukrainian railway operator, said ⁠railway infrastructure came under attack in Kyiv and one ​of its workers had been ‌injured.

(Reporting by Dan Flynn in ​Kyiv, writng by Anna Pruchnicka in Gdansk; editing by Barbara Lewis and Andrew Cawthorne)

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