Russian drones strike two Ukrnafta stations in Kyiv at the morning rush hour, killing two
Russia struck two Ukrnafta petrol stations in Kyiv during the morning rush hour in the war in Ukraine. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people wounded at the state-owned stations in the Dniprovskyi and Obolonskyi districts later died in hospital, and eight more were injured, among them a 12-year-old child and an emergency responder. Russia launched 161 attack drones overnight. The strikes hit civilian fuel distribution and security in the capital; The Guardian reported that Russia targeted Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones for the first time.
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Morning strikes on two Ukrnafta stations in Kyiv
Russia struck two state-owned Ukrnafta petrol stations in Kyiv's Dniprovskyi and Obolonskyi districts with drones during the morning rush hour, in the war in Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent reported that Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people wounded at the stations later died in hospital and that eight more were injured, among them a 12-year-old child and an emergency responder. The Guardian reported that Russia targeted Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones for the first time.[1], [2]
161 attack drones, the siren and a minister's arrival
During the war in Ukraine, Russia launched 161 attack drones overnight. The Kyiv Independent reported that explosions were heard across Kyiv about half an hour after the morning air raid siren, and that a second series followed after midday; the siren was a security warning in the capital. An office building in the Podilskyi district and a neighbouring single-storey building were also hit, and seven people were still in hospital by mid-afternoon. That morning Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski arrived by train for talks in the capital.[1]
A second hit and three facilities in two days
The Kyiv Independent reported that a drone came back to hit the Obolonskyi Ukrnafta station a second time. Seven people were still in hospital by mid-afternoon. The Guardian reported that three facilities were struck in two days during the bombardment of Ukraine's capital, and that Russia targeted Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones for the first time. The targets were civilian fuel distribution points in the capital during the war.[1], [2]
