Overview
- Citing remarks made on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that persistent Ukrainian attacks on refineries and fuel infrastructure have produced a shortage of gasoline and diesel in parts of Russia.
- The Kremlin has set up a 24-hour crisis cabinet, ordered refineries to run at maximum capacity, shortened routine maintenance windows and is studying a ban on diesel exports to keep domestic supplies flowing.
- Kyiv has intensified long-range strikes using waves of drones and new FP-5 Flamingo missiles, which Ukrainian officials say have hit refineries in Slavyansk-na-Kubani and Yaroslavl and an industrial plant in Volgograd; Russian regional officials reported at least one death in the Slavyansk attack.
- Russian authorities report very large intercept totals for recent nights of attacks, claiming hundreds of drones shot down while both sides continue missile and drone exchanges and make competing battlefield claims that independent analysts say remain contested.
- The shortages have caused gas-station queues, prompted a state of emergency in Crimea with rationing and power cuts, threatened summer agricultural fuel needs, and could carry political weight for Moscow as it seeks to shield voters ahead of autumn parliamentary elections.