fuel crisis

Yalta puppet authorities scale back public services due to fuel shortages

Russian occupation authorities have placed Yalta into "austerity mode," limiting street cleaning and suspending construction and road maintenance to conserve fuel, the “head” of the city’s occupation administration Yanina Pavlenko wrote on June 22.

23 June, 12:50 PM

Occupied Sevastopol halts fuel sales and prepares for blackouts

Russian-installed authorities in occupied Sevastopol tightened fuel sale restrictions and introduced a series of new measures, including a temporary halt to fuel sales to the public in the coming days, occupation governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on June 22.

22 June, 11:55 AM

Destruction of critical Moscow refinery units sends Russian fuel market into panic

Moscow Oil Refinery, supplying up to 40% of the Russian capital's fuel needs, has halted its key units following a series of successful attacks, triggering a surge in exchange prices amid risks of fuel shortages.

19 June, 12:51 PM

Fuel sale limits now affect one in four Russian gas stations

Restrictions on gasoline sales have spread nationwide across Russia, with fuel station chains representing about 25% of the country's gas stations introducing limits, according to an analysis by Agenstvo on June 17.

17 June, 11:40 AM

Lines at gas stations in Yalta as Crimea’s fuel crisis deepens

The developing fuel shortage in occupied Crimea has produced huge lines at gas stations in Yalta, RFE/RL reported on June 9.

9 June, 08:43 PM

Belarus sharply increases gasoline and diesel deliveries to Russia amid supply crunch

Belarus sharply increased rail shipments of gasoline and diesel from its refineries to Russia in May as fuel shortages worsened there because of seasonal demand growth and lower output caused by Ukrainian attacks, The Moscow Times reported on June 9.

9 June, 03:25 PM

Sevastopol’s fuel QR codes run out within an hour as Crimea shortages deepen

Kremlin proxy Mikhail Razvozhayev in temporarily occupied Sevastopol announced a new fuel rationing system allowing drivers to receive a personal QR code once a week to buy up to 20 liters of gasoline, he said on Telegram.

7 June, 09:00 PM

Strict gasoline rationing in effect across occupied Crimea

Russian occupation authorities in Crimea announced June 4 that retail sales of gasoline would be suspended "for several days" because of an acute fuel shortage, RFE/RL reported.

4 June, 08:41 PM

Moscow gas stations limit sales amid Ukrainian refinery strikes

Gas stations in Moscow have begun limiting fuel sales, following similar restrictions in Russia-occupied Luhansk Oblast and Crimea, amid intensified Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, Russian outlet Vazhnye Novosti reported.

3 June, 02:45 PM

Russian occupation authorities in Luhansk Oblast restrict fuel sales to 20 liters

The Kremlin puppet authorities in Luhansk Oblast have restricted fuel sales at local gas stations to 20 liters per person due to severe logistical bottlenecks, the Moscow-installed Luhansk Peope Republic (LPR) government announced on June 2.

3 June, 08:51 AM

Fuel voucher sales halted in occupied Crimea as queues grow at gas stations

Fuel stations in occupied Crimea have reportedly suspended the sale of gasoline vouchers to individual customers, with the service remaining available only under existing contracts, according to local reports cited by a Sevastopol-based Telegram channel on May 31.

31 May, 03:19 PM

Occupied Crimea limits gasoline sales to 20 liters per person amid fuel shortage

Russian occupation authorities in Crimea will limit sales of A-95 gasoline to 20 liters per person per day starting on May 30 due to a fuel shortage, occupation head Sergey Aksyonov said on Telegram.

30 May, 02:13 PM

Russia faces new gasoline shortage after Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries

Russia is grappling with a fresh gasoline shortage as Ukrainian attacks on the country's oil refineries continue to disrupt fuel production, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on May 12.

12 May, 01:49 PM

Disrupted logistics, not capacity loss, driving Russia’s fuel shortages

Russia’s fuel shortages stem not from lost refining capacity but from drone strikes that sever regional logistics — proof of the Ukraine's deep strikes effectiveness, Mikhail Krutykhin, an oil and gas market expert, told NV on Nov. 5.

6 November 2025, 01:15 PM

Russia in denial about its own fuel crisis

Russia’s Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov dismissed Ukrainian drone attacks as a cause of his country’s fuel crisis, attributing higher prices instead to routine refinery maintenance and seasonal demand.

27 October 2025, 10:22 PM

Three Russian regions start rationing gasoline

Caused by the Ukrainian drone strike campaign targeting oil infrastructure, the fuel crisis has forced three Russian regions—Irkutsk Oblast, Buryatia, and Zabaykalsky Krai—to start rationing gasoline, independent Russian newspaper The Moscow Times reported on Oct .22.

22 October 2025, 09:52 PM

Trump taunts Putin over gasoline shortage

The Russian fuel crisis induced by Ukrainian drone strikes suggests that Russia’s economy could “collapse” if Russian dictator Vladimir Putin does not end the war soon, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 14.

15 October 2025, 02:14 AM

Moscow and Yaroslavl refineries seen as key markers of looming crisis for Russia — economist

Vyacheslav Shyriaiev, a Russian opposition economic analyst whom the Kremlin designated as a so-called “foreign agent” this year, told NV which Russian refineries Ukrainian drones need to hit next to cause a true economic collapse in Russia.

2 October 2025, 01:35 PM

Drone strike stops gas processing plant in Russia’s Astrakhan

A natural gas processing plant owned by Russia’s state monopoly Gazprom in Astrakhan Oblast suspended operations after a presumed Ukrainian drone strike on Sept. 22, Reuters reported on Sept. 23, citing three industry sources.

23 September 2025, 11:46 PM

Russia loses another 4.7% oil output overnight, two-week drop now 21%

Russia has lost another 4.7% of its fuel-production capacity after Ukrainian drone strikes, Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces Commander, reported on Telegram on Aug. 28.

28 August 2025, 10:44 AM

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