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Russia hits Kyiv petrol stations, kills one

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KYIV, Sept 23 (Reuters) - ‌Russia slammed jet-powered drones into two ​petrol stations and other sites in Kyiv early on Wednesday, ⁠killing one, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met US President Donald Trump.

A further seven people were ​injured in the morning attack, city authorities said. Explosions ‌were heard and smoke billowed in the city centre, according to Reuters journalists.

Russia has changed tactics and in ⁠recent weeks been attacking Kyiv and ⁠nearby areas with near constant barrages of the faster and high-flying jet drones that are harder to intercept.

Ukrainian oil company Ukrnafta said Russia hit ‌one of its petrol stations in the capital — the ⁠sixth such facility attacked in ‌recent weeks.

The attack comes after ​Zelenskiy discussed a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets with Trump in New York on Tuesday.

Zelenskiy ‌said he was ready for "any format" ​of an energy ⁠ceasefire with Moscow, as long as Russia halted ‌its own attacks on ⁠Ukraine's infrastructure.

Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chief executive of the Ukrainian railway operator, said railway infrastructure came under attack in ​Kyiv and one ‌of its workers had been injured.

(Reporting by Dan Flynn ⁠in Kyiv, writng by ​Anna Pruchnicka in Gdansk; editing by Barbara ​Lewis and Andrew Cawthorne)

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