Fuel shortages now reported across 16 Russian regions

A petrol station. Photo: TASS

Fuel shortages and restrictions at petrol stations, which have resurfaced following new Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, are now affecting at least 16 regions of Russia.

Source: The Moscow Times, an independent Amsterdam-based news outlet; Russian media outlets

Details: On 10 August alone, restrictions on petrol sales, which had begun to ease in July amid the "diversion" of Ukrainian drones towards Wildberries warehouses, were extended to three more federal constituents.

Fuel shortages now reported across 16 Russian regions

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