Russia prepared for tanks, planes, bombs, rockets, men, and material. But it did not prepare for Ukraine to turn refineries, fuel supplies, logistics, prices, work travel, Crimea, and public confidence into the battlefield. Now Russia is dealing with fuel lines, $8–$10 gasoline, shortages spreading across regions, Crimea restrictions, Moscow feeling the pinch, and a population beginning to ask how an “energy superpower” can run out of fuel.
No fuel for the sheep. Yet putler can find 135 litres (35 US gallons) of fuel for every shahed sent to Ukraine.