Ukraine attack kills five as Crimea halts public fuel sales
Authorities said the suspension follows strikes that killed 4 people, wounded 28 and set fuel facilities ablaze, deepening the peninsula’s shortages.
- On Sunday, June 21, 2026, Moscow-backed Crimean governor Sergey Aksyonov suspended fuel sales at gas stations for individuals and legal entities, reserving supply exclusively for government agencies ensuring the Republic's security.
- Intensifying Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, including a major fuel depot fire in Crimea, have sparked a severe crisis with petrol stations facing limited supply and long queues.
- Multiple deaths and injuries followed Ukrainian drone attacks across Crimea, Krasnodar, and eastern Ukraine, with four people killed and 28 injured on the Crimean Peninsula, plus three killed and 22 wounded in Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava.
- Confirming the operations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces hit facilities "on both sides of the Crimean Bridge," including maritime logistics and an oil depot in temporarily occupied Kerch.
- Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's defence minister, stated Kyiv is attempting to isolate Crimea into an "island," warning that "logistics are being cut off" and "this could lead to some very unexpected consequences for the Russians.
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PressNewsAgencyRussian Authorities Halt Fuel Sales In Occupied Crimea
Russian-installed authorities in occupied Crimea have suspended fuel sales to private individuals and businesses amid a severe fuel shortage and a weak tourist season, as Ukrainian drone strikes continue to disrupt Russia's oil and transport infrastructure.
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AlKhaleej TodayRussia says Ukrainian drone attacks kill five in Crimea and Krasnodar
MOSCOW — Russia said on Sunday that at least five people were killed and 29 others were injured in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on Crimea and the Krasnodar region.Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-installed governor of Crimea, said four people were killed and 28 others injured on the Kerch Peninsula.“Unfortunately, there have been civilian casualties as a result of the enemy drone attack on the Kerch Peninsula. Current information indicates four…
Today, the Russian authorities suspended the sale of gasoline to civilians in Crimea after Ukraine attacked oil warehouses on that peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
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