Key facts
- The last gas station on the highway between Poltava and Kharkiv was destroyed by Russian forces on July 26.
- Russian attacks have killed at least nine Ukrainian civilians and injured 76 over the past day.
- A supermarket in Chernihiv was targeted, resulting in two deaths and 25 injuries.
- Attacks in Zaporizhzhia Oblast resulted in two deaths and 13 injuries.
- Mykolaiv port infrastructure was attacked, killing two men.
Russian forces have destroyed the last functioning gas station along the highway connecting Poltava and Kharkiv, located in the town of Valky, according to regional officials. This strike on July 26 marks the latest in a series of systematic Russian attacks on fuel infrastructure across Ukraine, which have targeted approximately 200 gas stations, with 80 of those in the Kharkiv region alone.
These attacks on fuel stations have not yet caused a widespread fuel crisis in Ukraine, which has developed a diversified fuel market. However, the destruction of the Valky gas station impacts a key logistics route, the pan-European E40 highway, crucial for supplying front-line areas in eastern Ukraine.
In parallel, Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day resulted in at least nine civilian deaths and 76 injuries. Notable incidents include a rare daytime strike on a supermarket in Chernihiv, which killed two people, including a child, and wounded 25. Zaporizhzhia Oblast reported two deaths and 13 injuries from attacks on 45 settlements. In Kharkiv, one woman was killed and 22 injured. Attacks in Mykolaiv on port infrastructure killed two men, while drone strikes injured two civilians. Additional casualties were reported in Sumy, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts.