Kyiv Oblast gas stations to get access to military-used air threat tracking system
Gas stations in Ukraine’s Kyiv Oblast will be given access to a digital air situational awareness system used by the country’s defense forces, allowing staff to see information about incoming aerial threats in real time as Russia intensifies attacks on fuel infrastructure.
Authorized gas station employees will be able to monitor up-to-date information on the movement of hostile aerial targets and make earlier decisions on how to operate during an attack, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said.
“Put simply, gas stations will no longer have to rely solely on general air-raid alerts,” Tkachenko said, adding that the additional information should allow staff to react earlier to protect employees and customers.
The measure comes amid increased Russian attacks on Ukrainian fuel infrastructure. Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said earlier that Russian forces had struck or destroyed more than 300 gas stations across Ukraine over the past six months.
Russian drones struck two gas stations in Kyiv early on Sept. 15, injuring six people, two of them seriously. It was the third Russian attack on gas stations in the Ukrainian capital in five days.