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How Russian drones are making routine stops for gas on Ukraine’s roads deadly

The drive back from Ukraine's front line had become familiar to Frida Stoltz. After another aid mission, the 37-year-old Swedish volunteer and her team stopped to refuel in the town of Pyriatyn in Poltava Oblast, hundreds of kilometers from the fighting. Stoltz was sitting in the car, waiting for her turn at the pump, when the loudest explosion she had ever heard tore through the station. "I saw a gas station employee suddenly start running right in front of my car. And he was running away fro

About Odesa Oblast

The region in Ukraine’s southwest covers 33,310 square kilometers (12,861 square miles) along Ukraine's Black Sea coast, with a population of approximately 2.4 million and Odesa city as its administrative center. Odesa Oblast borders Moldova to the west, and Romania across the delta of the Danube. Odesa Oblast serves as Ukraine's main maritime trade gateway and has faced repeated Russian missile and drone strikes targeting port infrastructure since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

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