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On September 15, Russian attacks struck a petrol station and warehouse facilities in Kyiv, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The attack injured one person and follows recent strikes on over 300 petrol stations across Ukraine since Russia's invasion in 2022. NATO member Poland initiated military aviation operations as a precautionary measure following the attacks, reflecting growing concerns about the conflict spilling beyond Ukraine’s borders.
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On September 15, 2026, a drone hit a petrol station in Kyiv early Tuesday morning, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko who reported the incident on Telegram. Additionally, there was another strike on warehouse facilities elsewhere in the city. A Reuters witness heard an explosion in Kyiv. This attack came just one day after U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Ukraine and Russia had agreed not to target each other's energy infrastructure. Recent Russian strikes have expanded beyond frontline regions to include 300 petrol stations, including those now in Kyiv. Meanwhile, neighboring Poland initiated military aviation operations as a preventive measure following the attacks on Ukraine, despite later clarifying that there was no violation of its airspace. Concerns are rising over spillover effects from Russia’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine into NATO member states like Lithuania, where a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone early Tuesday morning after a security alert in Vilnius.
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Russia hits petrol station, warehouse facilities in Kyiv, mayor says
Sept 15 - A drone hit a petrol station in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia had agreed not to target each other's energy assets.
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Ukraine → hit → assets
The attack injured one person, and there was also a strike on warehouse facilities in another part of the city, Klitschko added on the Telegram messaging app.
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Klitschko → injure → app
A Reuters witness heard an explosion in Kyiv.
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witness → hear → Kyiv
Russia has recently started hitting petrol stations in Kyiv, expanding the range of target facilities.
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Russia → start → facilities
In recent months, Russia hit some 300 petrol stations, mainly in or near Ukraine's frontline regions, according to Ukrainian authorities.
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Russia → hit → authorities
As Moscow was striking Ukraine, neighbouring Poland briefly began military aviation operations as a preventive step, Poland's Armed Forces said in a statement on social media website X, adding later there was no violation of its airspace.
Military drones straying into the airspace of Ukraine and Russia's neighbours have stoked concerns that Russia's war in Ukraine is spilling over NATO's borders.
In Lithuania, a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone early on Tuesday, the Lithuanian National Crisis Management Centre said, after a drone alert was issued earlier in the capital Vilnius and the surrounding region.
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alert → strike → capital
In Russia, which invaded Ukraine in 2022, a Ukrainian missile attack damaged a warehouse of the e-commerce company Ozon in the southern port city of Taganrog, among other facilities, the regional governor said on Telegram.
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governor → invade → Telegram
Separately, a drone attack hit an industrial facility in Samara region on the Volga River, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on Telegram, without naming the facility.
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Fedorishchev → hit → facility
Reuters could not immediately independently verify the reports.
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Reuters → verify → reports
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv was ready to support a U.S. proposal for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire on energy sites only if Washington could ensure Moscow was genuinely ready to end its war on Ukraine.
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Moscow → say → Ukraine
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