A Russian drone struck a gas station in Kryvyi Rih district: at least three people were killed, including a State Emergency Service rescuer and his 8-year-old son.
On the evening of August 3, around 19:11 local time, a Russian Shahed-type attack drone struck a gas station on a highway near the town of Shyroke, Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — roughly 30 km south of Kryvyi Rih. The strike killed at least three people, with 6 to 11 more reported injured — figures from the State Emergency Service (DSNS) and regional administration head Oleksandr Hanzha differ slightly on the exact count.
Among those killed was State Emergency Service rescuer Eduard Razlog and his 8-year-old son Maksym. A fire broke out at the site, destroying several vehicles. Volunteers Support Ukraine extends its condolences to the family and continues to help people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow.
The same day, a similar strike hit a gas station in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, wounding three women. In recent weeks Russia has been systematically targeting gas stations across front-line oblasts — Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv — apparently aiming to disrupt Ukrainian logistics.
Working under the constant threat of follow-up strikes, Ukraine's rescue workers face one of the most dangerous jobs in the country — they are often killed while helping others. Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps drawing attention to this cost, paid daily by civilians and by those who come to their aid.
Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to help people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow — every such tragedy is a reminder of how much that support still matters.
