US EditionRussia to partially ban diesel exports, extend gasoline restrictions after Ukrainian drone attacks
Russia extends gasoline export ban through 2025 and adds diesel export restrictions for non-producers to address shortages from refinery outages and Ukrainian drone attacks.
- Russia is experiencing a significant fuel crisis due to Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries, leading to widespread shortages and rationing across multiple regions, particularly in Crimea, where 50% of gas stations have shut down.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that these drone strikes are crucial to disrupt Russia's war efforts, causing a significant decrease in Russia's refining capacity by over 1 million barrels per day.
- In response to domestic fuel shortages, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced a ban on gasoline exports until the end of the year and severe restrictions on diesel exports.
- Rising fuel prices in Russia have reached unprecedented levels, reflecting a dramatic increase of over 40% since January.
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Kremlin bans fuel exports amid Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil sector
Russia’s ban on petrol exports is now extended until the end of the year as shortages continue to hit the domestic market and spread across the regions. Kyiv says that in less than two months, Ukrainian forces struck 85 high-value targets in Russia.
Is the Russian oil industry, which is regularly hit by Ukrainians, still able to provide its internal market?
How Ukraine’s drone strikes have resulted in Russia’s biggest fuel crisis yet
Since August 2025, Ukrainian drones have hit 16 of Russia’s 38 refineries, disrupting over 1 million barrels per day of refining capacity. Domestic gasoline shortages have forced Moscow to extend its export ban until year-end, while diesel exports are projected to fall to their lowest level since 2020
Russia to partially ban diesel exports, extend gasoline restrictions after Ukrainian drone attacks
Russia will introduce a partial ban on diesel exports until the end of the year and extend an existing ban on gasoline exports, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Thursday, following a spate of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries.
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