Residents of Crimea struggled with gasoline rationing on Monday after Ukrainian drone strikes reduced road deliveries, Reuters reports.
More than four years after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia is facing Ukrainian attacks on its oil infrastructure.
The Moscow-backed governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, announced that limits have been introduced on the sale of the most commonly used gasoline Pb95 (AI-95) and that people will have to use fuel vouchers when purchasing.
In Sevastopol, Crimea's largest city and the traditional base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, witnesses report long lines at gas stations.
“I haven't been able to refuel for two days,” resident Oksana Senchenko told Reuters.
“Yesterday there was no petrol, and today I'm driving around the city and there's neither 92 nor 95,” she added.
Russia took control of Crimea in 2014, after pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted from power during protests in February 2014. After Crimea voted in a controversial referendum to join Russia, Moscow formally annexed Crimea.
