Overview
- Fuel retailers across Russia have imposed limits on purchases, with Tatneft restricting customers to 30 liters of petrol and 60 liters of diesel and other operators banning canister sales or capping per-fill volumes.
- Independent research shows roughly 7,000 stations — about a quarter of the network — have introduced rationing, with the worst shortages reported on the annexed Crimea and in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson.
- Analysts and Ukrainian sources say attacks on multiple refineries have knocked down a substantial share of Russia’s refining capacity, a disruption that has tightened domestic supply and raised jet-fuel prices.
- Moscow has officially acknowledged increased air attacks on energy sites, created an industry working group, issued a gasoline export ban through July and is planning limited sea-borne imports to ease shortages.
- The shortages are already affecting daily life and services: stations advise cash payments because of payment problems, airports are rationing refuelling, and regional limits and voucher systems are disrupting mobility.