In Russia, there is a shortage of gasoline against the background of Ukrainian attacks on refineries
1.05.2024 - 09:49
A wave of strikes by Ukrainian drones on oil refineries deep in Russia has led to the fact that the world’s largest oil country has run out of gasoline.
According to government data, prices for diesel fuel for Russian consumers have risen sharply: in the last week alone – by almost 10%, Politico reports.
Gasoline prices also hit a six-month high, up more than 20% year-to-date. Supplies are shrinking, and more and more businesses are forced to shut down production.
Last Wednesday, two fuel storage facilities belonging to the Russian energy giant Rosneft, about 500 km from the border with Ukraine, were seriously damaged by drones. More than a dozen oil refineries in nine Russian regions suffered a similar blow this year.
According to former British military intelligence officer Philip Ingram, striking enemy oil refineries is “a very good way of taking pressure off the front line.”
As a result, Moscow cut its fuel exports to near-historic lows, sending just over 712,000 tonnes of diesel and gas oil last week, down from more than 844,000 in the same week in 2023.
USM previously reported that in March, Russia sharply increased imports of Belarusian gasoline amid drone attacks on Russian oil refineries.
