Russia attacks petrol stations in Zaporizhzhia, injuring five people

Russian forces have been attacking filling stations across Zaporizhzhia since the morning, with one of the strikes injuring five people.

Source: Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration

Details: A woman and an 11-year-old boy were among those who sustained injuries. They are receiving medical treatment, and their lives are not currently in danger.

Emergency services are working at the sites.

Background:

• Russian strikes on petrol stations in frontline regions have become increasingly systematic over the past week. On 1 July, five filling stations in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast were damaged. On 3 July, Russian forces targeted petrol stations in Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava and Kharkiv oblasts.
• On the evening of 1 July, as Russia launched its latest large-scale attack on Ukraine, the WOG petrol station network announced that its stations in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast would be closed from 23:00 until 07:00. From the same date, WOG stations in Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson oblasts, as well as some stations in Poltava Oblast, have operated only between 07:00 and 21:00.
• On 8 August 2025, Russian forces struck an oil depot belonging to Azerbaijan's SOCAR in Ukraine. Ten days after a second strike, the facility was completely destroyed.
• The SOCAR petrol station network is owned by the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Azerbaijan's largest oil and gas company. Its filling station operations in Ukraine are managed by its subsidiary, SOCAR Energy Ukraine.

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