As Ukraine hits Russia's refineries, Russia targets Ukraine's petrol pumps - BBC News

Fuel companies are urging customers not to linger at the pumps after a wave of deadly attacks.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Russia has hit more than 200 Ukrainian petrol stations since April, according to a think tank

"Fill up quickly and move on," Mayor Ihor Terekhov warns drivers in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.

Two petrol stations in the city in Ukraine's north-east were hit by Russian drones on Monday, which local officials say wounded two people. In another attack on a petrol station outside the city of Kryvyi Rih last week, three people were killed.

Russia's campaign of targeting civilian filling stations with drones and missiles began in earnest in April, primarily in regions on the front line, and the attacks are steadily growing more frequent.

At the same time, Russia has endured two waves of severe fuel shortages across the country as a result of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries.