Russia attacks Kyiv with drones: petrol stations hit, five injured – photos
Russian forces attacked Kyiv with jet-powered drones on the morning of 11 September, with strikes recorded at petrol stations in two districts and people injured.
Source: Kyiv City Military Administration; Mayor Vitali Klitschko; State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv; acting head of Naftogaz Serhii Fedorenko
Details: Strikes were recorded at petrol stations in the Dniprovskyi and Obolonskyi districts.
At 10:07, Klitschko reported a repeat strike on a petrol station in the Obolonskyi district.
Update: The State Emergency Service of Ukraine noted that as of 11:20, five people had sustained injuries in the Russian attack, including a first responder.
All fires have now been extinguished.
Acting head of Naftogaz Serhii Fedorenko confirmed that Russian jet-powered drones have now struck two more Ukrnafta filling stations in Kyiv – in the Troieshchyna district and near the Pochayna area. In Pochayna, there was a double strike.
"As soon as the air-raid warning was issued, the stations stopped operating and all employees and customers left the premises. There is no military objective behind such attacks, nor can there be. This is terror against the civilian population, against peaceful people," he stressed.
In addition, a car was damaged in the Obolonskyi district.
At 11:10, the all-clear was given.
Previously: The Air Force warned of jet-powered drones over the capital. A red alert was declared in the city and air defence systems were operational.
Background:
- On 10 September, Russian forces struck a petrol station in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv with a drone, injuring four people.
- Serhii Fedorenko, acting head of Naftogaz, reported that a jet-powered drone had attacked a Ukrnafta filling station in Kyiv. He noted that under safety regulations the station was not operating while the air-raid warning was in effect, but people who were near the station were injured.
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