Russian drones struck several locations across Kyiv early Tuesday, killing one person and injuring at least seven others, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow continued a series of attacks on the Ukrainian capital’s fuel and logistics infrastructure.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a drone struck a petrol station in the Darnytskyi district at around 6 a.m. local time. One person was critically injured and later died in hospital.

Another drone crashed at a petrol station in the Holosiivskyi district, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. Preliminary reports also indicated strikes on warehouse facilities in the Obolonskyi district.

By 10 a.m., Ukrainian authorities had reported seven people injured in the morning's attacks, with two of the wounded in serious condition. Six of those injured were in the Solomianskyi district, where a non-residential building was damaged, according to emergency officials.

The latest strikes came only days after Russian drones hit two petrol stations in Kyiv on Sept. 11, killing two people and injuring six others. Reuters reported that Russia has increasingly used faster, jet-powered drones in attacks on the capital, disrupting daily life and putting additional pressure on Kyiv's air defenses.

The repeated attacks on petrol stations have raised concerns about the security of Kyiv's fuel distribution network.

Klitschko said last week that the city does not have the resources to build protective shelters at every petrol station and warned that Kyiv faces shortages of the air-defense weapons needed to intercept Russian drones and missiles.

“Protection is a question of air defense,” Klitschko said, adding that Ukraine was facing shortages of missiles capable of intercepting drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.

Petrol stations have been targeted regularly in other parts of Ukraine, but the attacks in Kyiv represent a more recent development. The Sept. 10 strike was the first reported Russian attack on a petrol station in the capital, according to Ukrainian media.

Ukrainian officials have warned that repeated strikes on fuel infrastructure could disrupt supplies for civilians while also complicating transportation and logistics for the Ukrainian military.

The attacks also come amid a broader intensification of strikes against economic and energy infrastructure. Russia has targeted fuel and logistics facilities across Ukraine, while Ukrainian forces have increasingly attacked Russian oil refineries and other industrial sites.

The latest attack came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure. Kyiv, however, has said it would support such a pause only if Moscow also commits to it and the arrangement is backed by credible guarantees.

The overnight fighting also had repercussions beyond Ukraine. Poland temporarily activated military aviation operations as a precaution in response to the Russian drone strikes, although Warsaw later said there had been no violation of Polish airspace. In neighboring Lithuania, NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus.

The developments highlight the growing regional risks surrounding Russia's air campaign, as strikes continue to hit Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure while incidents involving drones increasingly occur close to NATO territory.

For Kyiv, the repeated attacks on petrol stations and other civilian infrastructure are adding to the strain on the capital's air defenses and fuel network, with authorities warning that continued Russian strikes could further disrupt essential services. (ILKHA)