The Kremlin Is Shocked By The Ukrainian Armed Forces' Strikes And Doesn't Know How To Resolve The Fuel Crisis
2- 28.06.2026, 14:38
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The shortage has already affected Moscow and the Moscow Region.
The fuel crisis in Russia is intensifying amid Ukraine’s strikes on oil refineries. According to sources close to Russian intelligence agencies, Russian authorities have not yet found an effective way to resolve the problem.
This was reported by the Russian news site “VChK-OGPU”.
The crisis has already affected Moscow and the Moscow region, where long lines are forming at gas stations due to a shortage of gasoline and diesel fuel. The Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya, which was recently attacked by drones, has temporarily halted fuel shipments.
“Repairs will take two to three months. However, even after that, the plant will not be able to operate at full capacity, as one of the cracking columns has been irreparably damaged,” a source said.
According to the outlet, the Yaroslavl and Ryazan refineries are also unable to make up for the lost output, as they themselves sustained serious damage as a result of the attacks.
“Diesel production at the Yaroslavl refinery has been completely shut down, and, according to sources, this will be ‘for a very long time,’” the Telegram channel writes.
Currently, the main supplier of fuel to the Moscow region is the oil depot in Noginsk, which has its own oil refining facilities. However, these are insufficient to meet the needs of the capital and the region.
“According to a source, the governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov was forced to directly ask Alexander Lukashenko for help in resolving the gasoline shortage. This issue was likely also raised during a closed-door meeting between Putin and Lukashenko. Belarus’s two largest oil refineries—Mozyr and “Naftan”—can partially make up for the fuel shortage in the Moscow region and several other regions of the Russian Federation, but given the logistical challenges, fuel prices will only continue to rise. “Plus, Lukashenko is wary of threats from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and if anything were to happen to the refineries in Belarus, it would be a disaster for the country,” the outlet claims.
According to the channel, the Russian government regularly holds closed-door meetings on the fuel crisis, but no effective solution has been found yet. Damage to critical equipment is cited as one of the main problems.
“Strikes have begun targeting the refinery’s cracking columns. These are very complex units. According to a source, given the current global situation, Russia can only order them from China, but the manufacturing time there is currently about 1.5 years, plus delivery… “Therefore, we can realistically expect the new cracking columns to arrive in two years,” the Telegram channel writes.
According to the source, Russia is trying to urgently increase fuel imports for the domestic market. Negotiations are underway with Kazakhstan, India, Georgia, and a number of other countries.
“And even so, this fuel won’t be enough for all of Russia. So far, no effective solution to the situation has been found. The regions are largely left to their own devices in solving the fuel problem,” the channel notes.
It is reported that the problems have so far had virtually no impact on Chechnya, which operates its own small oil refinery. At the same time, the situation continues to worsen in other regions.
“In the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and Dagestan, they’re already considering a return to the practice of so-called ‘samovars’ (the authorities will simply turn a blind eye to them)—artisanal mini-plants for primary oil refining that cause catastrophic damage to the environment,” the Telegram channel reported.
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