ReportRussia's Jet Drones Kill 2 at Kyiv Petrol StationsAired September 13, 2026 at 6:17 AM UTCWritten September 13, 2026 at 7:24 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:11Russia's fastest drones struck Kyiv petrol stations, killing two people at the0:15pumps.0:16The weapons fly three times faster than the drones Ukraine was downing nearly every0:20time.0:20The question now is what Ukraine can field against a machine built to outrun the0:24defenses that solved its predecessor.0:27Friday morning at 9.10, the sirens sounded.0:29Ten minutes later, a second strike landed.0:31Two Ukrainafta stations were hit, Obolonsky and Di Niprovsky in what city0:35authorities call a double tap with a first responder among the wounded.0:38Mayor Klitschko counts two dead and 12 injured.0:41President Zelensky counts two dead and nine wounded and says a Kiev star building0:44was struck too.0:45The attacks came after nearly two weeks of almost constant Russian strikes with the0:49faster jets, and Ukrainian officials describe a new campaign aimed directly at the0:53capital's fuel supply.0:55Zelensky called the drones increasingly terrorist in nature.0:58These are the Garan 4 and the Garan 5, the original Shawhead 136 cruise near 2001:04kilometers an hour, the Garan 4 cruises at 300 to 350 and can dash toward 500.1:09The Garan 5, shaped like a cruise missile and powered by a Chinese turbojet, reaches1:13600.1:14The trade is range for speed, and the speed is the point.1:16Ukraine was shooting down nearly 90% of the slow propeller models with cheap1:20interceptors and gun systems.1:22The new jets fly at 4,000 to 5,000 meters and outrun both.1:26The Juran-4 carries a 50-kilogram warhead over a range of 450 to 850 kilometers, a1:31fraction of its predecessor which could reach 1,800 to 2,500.1:36The Duran 5 carries 90 kilograms and can be released from a Su-25 in flight.1:40Russia is assessed to build about 3,000 jet-powered Jiran airframes a month at a1:45plant in Yalabuga.1:46The figure comes from a single intelligence service and is not independently1:50confirmed.1:51The Jiren 4 has been in combat since May.1:54In July, Russia launched about 1,500 jet-powered attacks.1:58In August, between 2,500 and 2,800 nearly double.2:02On the 11th of September, the petrol stations, the speed analysts argue, makes the2:06drones much harder to bring down.2:08And Russia holds an air edge, particularly with ballistic missiles.2:12As Ukrainian Patriot stocks run out, they add that petrol station strikes will not2:16decide the front lines and forecast retaliatory escalation on both sides, with2:20doubts that sanctions could stop the production.2:22Steiner, standing in Kyiv, drew the line at civilian infrastructure itself.2:28The strikes are a marker, not a turning point.2:31A strike on a petrol station in Holosyevsky injured four the day before.2:35So the 11th may not have been the capital's first on fuel.2:38What is known?2:39Russia is scaling a drone that outruns the defenses Ukraine had solved, and aiming2:43it at civilian fuel.2:45What is not known is how fast Ukraine's new interceptors can close the gap.2:49The strikes will not decide the front lines, that much is clear.2:52But the deeper cost is that the gap between what Ukraine can intercept and what2:56Russia now launches has widened, and that gap lands on petrol stations and on3:01everyday life.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗Related coverageBackgroundSep 27 07:27 UTCFour killed in Kyiv office strike as attacks disrupt internet access