Russia targeted roadside gas stations in Kyiv for a second straight day Friday, as Moscow intensified its air campaign and sought to sow fear among civilians, Ukrainian officials said.
Drone strikes on urban gas stations have intensified in recent months, mostly in regions near the front line in eastern and southern Ukraine.
It is part of a campaign to disrupt civilian life and weaken morale that has also included attacks on food distribution hubs, sporadically leaving some supermarket shelves bare in the Ukrainian capital.
Ukraine is urgently trying to improve its air defenses as Russia's invasion stretches into its fifth year and Thursday won pledges of more support from Canada .
Ukraine, meanwhile, has extended its own long-range drone campaign deep into Russia, straining air defenses across its bigger neighbor’s vast territory.
