14 June 2026
More and more Russian regions are facing fuel shortages. Following Tatarstan and the Ulyanovsk region, gasoline purchase limits have been introduced at gas stations in Kuzbass, NGS42 reports . Notices announcing the restrictions were spotted at the Forus gas station chain. The notices state that drivers are limited to purchasing no more than 20 liters of gasoline. The measures are being cited as a result of the “challenging market situation.” The duration of the restrictions is not specified.
A similar situation has developed at Tatneft gas stations, whose largest refinery, Taneco, was attacked on June 12. “There have been interruptions for a week now. There’s no AI-92 or diesel fuel available. They’re selling up to 20 liters per fill,” said a Polysayevo resident. In Kiselevsk, a Tatneft station has closed completely. In Belovo, AI-92 has disappeared from gas stations. Diesel, AI-92, and AI-95 are also out of stock at Teboil gas stations.
At the same time, residents of Kuzbass complained about a sharp rise in fuel prices. The regional Ministry of Industry and Trade acknowledged the problems. “Small gas station operators may raise retail prices following the rise in wholesale prices or restrict the sale of petroleum products,” the ministry reported.
Fuel shortages also occurred in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Specifically, advertisements for the sale of a maximum of 20 liters of gasoline and 40 liters of diesel fuel per vehicle appeared at Tatneft gas stations. For legal entities, the limit is 200 liters of diesel fuel per tank. These measures are explained by “technical reasons.” Furthermore, AI-95 gasoline has disappeared from the Terminal network of gas stations in Nizhny Novgorod.
The regional Ministry of Energy and Housing and Public Utilities reported that the gasoline shortage at individual gas stations may be related to “logistics chains within a specific organization.”
In total , approximately 30 regions of Russia, excluding the occupied territories of Ukraine, have experienced fuel shortages or supply disruptions. These include Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, the Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, and Khabarovsk territories, the Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, Novgorod, Murmansk, Oryol, Pskov, Ryazan, Rostov, and Tomsk regions, and Buryatia.
Fuel shortages in Russia arose amid intensified Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries. In the first five months of 2026, refineries were hit by drones 38 times, with 16 hit in May, a record for the entire war, Bloomberg noted.
Due to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, oil refining volumes in Russia fell to their lowest level since 2009. According to Reuters, by the second half of May, refineries with a combined daily capacity of 238,000 tons—about a quarter of all refining— were shut down . Central Russia was particularly hard hit: refineries in Kirishi, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, and Yaroslavl, which produced more than 30% of the country’s gasoline, were effectively paralyzed.
The fuel crisis in mafia land is spreading.
Naturally, the last place to see a lack of fuel is the battlefield, but, nevertheless, this is good news.
“challenging market situation.”
I guess that’s one way of describing drone debris.
Does it seem that the roaches are having an ever increasing number of such situations?