The recent surge in Ukrainian attacks into Russian territory has caused fuel shortages to spread from Russian-annexed Crimea to nearby parts of southern Russia, and even to the capital Moscow, which has previously been spared, residents say.
Motorists in nearly all of Russia are limited in the amount of fuel they can now buy, with particularly severe restrictions imposed in all of Russian-occupied Ukraine, much of southern Russia and Siberia.
Only Moscow and a handful of mainly remote regions have no formal restrictions, although even in the capital, some filling stations are shut and others have long queues.
Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Sunday at a meeting with government ministers and other officials that Ukrainian drone strikes had triggered fuel shortages in some regions, but said that Russia was dealing with them.
In Crimea, which Russia captured from Ukraine and annexed in 2014, Ukraine has been attacking supply lines in recent weeks in what it says is a campaign to hit Russia's military effort.
