Russia attacks retail fuel stations in Ukraine, killing one, official says

Published 01 Jul, 2026 12:17pm 1 min read

Russia attacked five retail fuel ​stations in Ukraine’s southeastern ‌Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, killing a woman, regional governor Oleksandr ​Hanzha said on ​the Telegram messaging app on ⁠Wednesday.

He said three ​other people were injured.

Russia ​has been striking fuel stations, but the attacks have intensified ​recently, with Ukrainian authorities ​in frontline Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv ‌and Dnipropetrovsk regions reporting nearly daily attacks.

In the city of Kherson in the ​south, a ​drone ⁠attack on a passenger bus killed ​two and left ​another ⁠five wounded, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said separately ⁠on ​Wednesday.

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