Ukraine is carrying out attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, causing fuel shortages inside the country and forcing restrictions to be imposed on fuel supplies.
Drivers across almost all of Russia are now subject to limits on the amount of fuel they can buy, with particularly strict restrictions imposed across Russian-occupied Ukraine, much of southern Russia, and Siberia.
Only Moscow and some mainly remote regions have no official restrictions, although even in the capital some gas stations are closed and long queues are forming at others.
Ukraine’s attacks, besides Moscow, also target Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Sunday, during a meeting with government ministers and other officials, that Ukrainian drone attacks had caused fuel shortages in some regions, but said Russia is dealing with them.
In Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine and annexed in 2014, Ukraine has been attacking supply lines in recent weeks in order to limit Russia’s capabilities.
Meanwhile, Russia carried out airstrikes on Kyiv yesterday, leaving at least 17 people dead.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least 20 sites were attacked overnight, “most of them ordinary residential buildings,” while damage was also reported to “an ambulance station, a research institute, a hotel, and local businesses.”
