Russian jet drones hit Kyiv Ukrnafta petrol stations; two dead, a dozen hurt
Russian jet-powered drones struck two state-owned Ukrnafta petrol stations in Kyiv's Dniprovskyi and Obolonskyi districts on Friday morning, killing two people and injuring about a dozen others, including a child and a rescuer, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and city officials said. One Obolon site was hit twice in what authorities called a double-tap. The attacks followed Thursday's first jet-drone hit on a Kyiv petrol station, bringing damaged capital stations to three — all Ukrnafta — after a Telegram list of expected targets circulated midweek. Naftogaz and Ukrnafta executives called the strikes terror against civilians; Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilian sites as both sides escalate energy-infrastructure attacks.
Center-left view
The Guardian, the Kyiv Independent, and Interfax-Ukraine emphasize the first capital petrol-station campaign, a circulating Telegram hit list of 18 Kyiv stations, Friday's rush-hour double-tap that injured a rescuer, and Naftogaz/Ukrnafta statements that civilian fuel sites have no military purpose — framing the wave as terror as Zelensky urges denser air defenses against jet Shaheds.
The Guardian · Kyiv Independent · Interfax-Ukraine
Center-right view
Reuters, Fox News, and Bloomberg/IEA coverage place the Kyiv fuel hits inside a widening mutual energy war: Moscow stepping up logistics and economic targeting after U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner left, while Ukrainian drones have degraded Russian refining (Ryazan halt; IEA cumulative damage) and hit Russian regions in the same 24-hour window — a tit-for-tat that complicates Trump's stalled peace track.
Reuters · Fox News · Bloomberg / IEA
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