Fuel crisis in Russia deepens: shortages now hit more than 20 regions
What started with fuel supply disruptions in Crimea and the Far East has now spread to central Russia — including the Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Rostov and Astrakhan regions, as well as Kalmykia and Tatarstan.
In some areas, 92 and 95 octane gasoline has not been delivered for weeks, with several refineries shut down.
At the same time, Ukrainian drones struck Primorsk, Russia’s largest Baltic oil export terminal, Reuters reports. Two Seychelles-flagged tankers from the “shadow fleet” (Kusto and Cai Yun) were damaged, along with the port’s pumping station.
Following the attack, Primorsk halted operations — a blow that could cost Russia hundreds of millions of dollars, since the terminal handles up to $100 million worth of petroleum products daily.
According to agency sources, the operation was planned by Ukraine’s SBU.
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