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Russian forces hit Kyiv petrol station, injuring four

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KYIV, Sept 10 (Reuters) - ‌Russian forces attacked a petrol station in ​the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, for the first time, injuring four people, ⁠Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the oil company Ukrnafta said on Thursday.

The attack hit a petrol station complex in ​southwestern Kyiv, sparking a fire, destroying at least one vehicle ‌and causing a fire in a neighbouring building, the emergencies service said.

"There is no military objective in such strikes. This ⁠is terror and intimidation of the civilian ⁠population," Ukrnafta CEO Bohdan Kukura said on Facebook.

For nearly two weeks, Kyiv has been under an almost continuous barrage of jet-powered drones targeting warehouses and industrial facilities ‌in the city and its suburbs.

In recent months, Russia ⁠has attacked around 300 Ukrainian petrol stations, ‌mostly in frontline eastern regions, ​in an effort to disrupt logistics for Ukraine's military.

Russian forces attacked and disabled an oil depot in the ‌Kyiv region in late August.

Ukraine has also ​targeted Russian fuel ⁠logistics with drone strikes on petrol stations, fuel ‌tankers and railway fuel infrastructure ⁠in Russian-occupied regions, as well as oil refineries across Russia, causing fuel shortages.

Russian forces almost completely destroyed Ukraine's major ​oil depots and ‌fuel storage facilities early in the war, triggering a widespread ⁠fuel crisis and forcing ​the country to overhaul its supply logistics.

(Reporting by Pavel ​PolityukEditing by Ros Russell)

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