Russia buys gasoline from India as drone strikes worsen fuel shortages
Russia has begun importing gasoline from India to address a worsening domestic fuel shortage, with at least 60,000 metric tons shipped so far. Kyrgyzstan has also requested fuel assistance from neighboring countries as supply disruptions originating in Russia spill across its borders. The export requests follow a Ukrainian drone attack on the Nizhny Novgorod region that killed one person and damaged the NORSI oil refinery, one of the country's largest processing facilities.
The Kremlin admitted to supply strains this week after months of downplaying shortages that have triggered rationing and lengthy queues at fueling stations across dozens of regions. Market tracking indicates drone strikes have knocked out roughly a third of Russia's refining capacity, prompting the government to consider lowering fuel quality standards and halting diesel exports. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated the domestic market remains supplied, but analysts estimate Moscow plans to import up to 400,000 metric tons monthly to cover the production gap, drawing from India and Belarus.
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@bbcworldPutin makes rare admission of fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian strikes
@kofmanmichaelRT @shashj: "The amount of gasoline available in Russia at the moment is determined by a race between Ukrainian drones and Russian repair t…
@nexta_tvMoscow's Fuel Hunger Games Have Reached a New Level People have started siphoning fuel from cars parked in residential courtyards. The first such case has already been reported in Butovo Park. Everything is going strictly according to pla
@trenttelenkoRT @DrnBmbr: Gasoline Crisis in Russia: Fuel Shortages Have Spread Across Most of the Country Over the past week, Russia's fuel situation…
@shayan867. A resident in Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, films a long queue outside a Rosneft petrol station near the city centre. Location: 55.6089509,38.08716 @GeoConfirmed
@trenttelenkoRussian semi-tractor trailers running out of fuel is the 'gust front' of a general Russian economic collapse from a lack of effective fuel rationing/distribution. When everyone hordes... ...almost no one gets any fuel.
@trenttelenkoBoth statements by the Russian government and Russian drivers can be true. The Russian fuel distribution system is what has failed. The fuel can't get from the Russian reserves to the drivers because of kleptocrats are lying about the fac
@nexta_tvRussia Is Ready to Sacrifice Fuel Quality to Tackle Its Gasoline Shortage The authorities plan to allow the production of Euro 2-standard gasoline for one year in an effort to boost fuel supplies. This would eliminate the need for deep oil
@trenttelenkoRT @JayinKyiv: Moscow grinds to a halt amid the ongoing fuel catastrophe, with would-be fuel purchasers lining up at service stations that…
@trenttelenkoRT @bayraktar_1love: Russia's Slavyansk-on-Kuban oil refinery looks almost like a volcanic eruption.
@wartranslatedA Moscow resident is in shock: she doesn’t understand what’s going on and why gas stations are out of fuel.
@trenttelenkoPlease carefully note this: >>not even water pumps working as they ran on diesel that is no longer available. ...means there is now a hard time limit until civilians in Crimea start dying of thirst if they don't evacuate right now.
@nexta_tvPeople in Russia Have Become So Feral They're Slashing Tires Over Gas Station Queues “The guy ran over, threatened me with a knife, and started slashing my tires,” the woman says through tears. The video shows the man unscrewing the tire'
@prestonstew_Russian milblogger Military Informant reports on fuel availability issues in 89 regions of Russia. "Most of the regions noted have introduced restrictions on the sale of fuel in one hand in terms of the number of liters and/or a ban on ref
@ralee85RT @shashj: "The amount of gasoline available in Russia at the moment is determined by a race between Ukrainian drones and Russian repair t…
@nexta_tvQUOTE OF THE DAY © “Russians themselves, standing in gasoline queues across different regions of Russia, can see that their ‘three-day war’ is now in its fifth year,” — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
@shayan86RT @Shayan86: THREAD: Verified videos of long queues outside petrol stations across Russia amid fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian strikes…
@shayan86RT @Shayan86: @GeoConfirmed 5. A long queue is seen on a road in the town of Ramenskoye, near Moscow, amid reported fuel shortages across R…
@shayan86RT @Shayan86: @GeoConfirmed 6. A huge queue of vehicles is seen on a road in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai. The queue stretches for nearly 1.75km…
@citeam_enAs Russia's fuel crisis deepens, Zelenskyy announces a 40-day “coercion operation"; Ukraine's Air Force lost two MiG-29 fighter jets, while three of five launched Flamingo missiles successfully strike the Titan-Barrikady missile systems pla
@trenttelenkoRT @ChrisO_wiki: 1/ Russia's fuel crisis has spread to its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad. Fuel prices have soared, rationing has been intro…
@trenttelenkoRT @jurgen_nauditt: Following the attack on the Slavyansk oil refinery (shown in the video), the Omsk refinery is the only one of Russia's…
@rusoilgasexpert➡️ Russia’s Oryol Region is now using license plate numbers to help ration gasoline. 👇 ➡️ I’m old enough to remember the 1970s energy crisis when some US states did the same thing — even/odd plates on even/odd days. ➡️ Guess everything old
@trenttelenkoRT @Gerashchenko_en: Chita, Russia. A huge line of trucks to get fuel. This means logistical disruptions as a consequence.
@jonpy99RT @CITeam_en: As Russia's fuel crisis deepens, Zelenskyy announces a 40-day “coercion operation"; Ukraine's Air Force lost two MiG-29 figh…