Russia Rations Fuel in Crimea as Ukraine Targets Oil Infrastructure
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Russian-installed authorities in Crimea have imposed fuel rationing for private individuals and businesses due to severe shortages caused by ongoing Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russia's oil and transport infrastructure. Fuel sales are now restricted to state agencies only.
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. Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-backed head of the peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, announced that as of June 21, gas stations in Crimea would no longer sell fuel to anyone except state agencies. "Fuel will be supplied exclusively to state agencies responsible for…