Overview
- Crimean and Sevastopol authorities introduced coupon systems and strict limits on sales on May 31, with AI-95 reserved first for municipal and social transport and AI-92 capped at 20 liters per vehicle.
- The Russian government extended export bans to aviation kerosene on June 1 and has kept a gasoline export ban in place since late March to protect the domestic market.
- Moscow’s Energy Ministry has imposed binding production and supply quotas on major oil companies under a 'manual' management regime to force fuel to stay inside Russia.
- So-called DPR officials report priority distribution for communal services and say deliveries to stations are disrupted because fuel tankers are being targeted by Ukrainian drone and strike campaigns.
- Supplies to Crimea rely on overland routes from Rostov via the Novorossiya corridor rather than the Kerch bridge, which raises the risk that continued attacks on refineries and transport could spread shortages beyond frontline areas.