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Posted on 06/29/2026 10:04:23 AM PDT by RandFan
Vladimir Putin has admitted Russia is facing fuel shortages as Ukraine steps up its long-range drone campaign, with repeated strikes setting oil refineries ablaze and forcing multiple regions to introduce unprecedented petrol rationing.
Speaking to Russian state television late on Sunday, the Russian president acknowledged for the first time that Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure were affecting domestic fuel supplies. “Of course, they create problems, that’s obvious,” Putin said. “Right now we’re observing a certain shortage, but it’s not critical.”
Putin said Moscow would seek to ease the shortages by boosting fuel imports, while redoubling efforts to protect refineries from Ukrainian drone strikes and restore damaged infrastructure as quickly as possible.
The strikes underscore Ukraine’s growing ability to hit strategic targets far behind the frontline, forcing the Kremlin to divert resources to protect critical infrastructure as Russia’s battlefield gains have slowed markedly. On Sunday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukrainian drones had targeted refineries in Krasnodar Krai and Yaroslavl oblast.
Ukrainian drone attacks have cut Russia’s oil refining capacity by roughly a quarter, leaving the domestic fuel market struggling to keep up with demand and creating an estimated 15% supply shortfall, analysts say.
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With sanctions, Russia has a hard time acquiring the tech to repair their crumbling infrastructure.
Dontcha know, it’s because the Russians aren’t really trying. They like looking like clowns for years and having their entire post-WW2 armored vehicle inventory scrapped. They’re suffering fuel shortages and oil refinery attacks only because they want to be careful in Ukraine.
He’s truly a lunatic.
"The first five days Russian forces I think frankly were too gentle," he said. "They've now corrected that. So, I would say another 10 days this should be completely over."
For far too long.
Because they simply get it from China.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/china-russia-technology/
Go into any federal US office, including the IC, and look at where all your computers and routers are manufactured, even if a US brand. Go see where that smart phone on the agents hip was made, even if a US brand...
When the bean counters in the US figured out that China was the cheaper place to produce, and government went along with this, we long term gave away our dominant position in many tech areas. We basically handed the keys to the kingdom to the Chinese.
But it was very profitable!
The Guardian is such an awful source that l just dismiss anything from them.
Can’t you use your own judgement and eyes?
It has gone for over 4 years. Longer than WW1. That’s not made up
Kremlin’s promises that it is ready to cope with a nuclear war, something that has never happened, when it cannot deal with winter, something that occurs every year (Window on Eurasia, January 7). This year, these problems have become much more serious as a result of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.
https://jamestown.org/war-spending-accelerating-russian-infrastructure-collapse/
I was commenting on the source, nothing more. Using them diminishes the credibility of any post on any subject.
“I was commenting on the source, nothing more.”
LOL! You specifically dismissed the facts in the article.
From the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on May 22, 1941 to the official surrender in Berlin on May 8, 1945 was exactly 1417 days. It’s been 1607 days from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 2, 2022 to today.
Every single prediction on the Russian economy and the effect of our sanctions has been WRONG. Entirely, completely, wrong.
They managed to figure out how to keep selling oil and gas, and exports hardly dropped.
The Ruble didn’t implode, but the Ukrainian hryvnia sure did (not talked about).
The Russians didn’t see their national debt explode as our side predicted, but Ukraine’s has (not talked about).
Russia hasn’t seen their economy implode with some sharp GDP decline as predicted, in fact they are growing slowly, but Ukraine did see their economy shrink by nearly 1/3 in GDP (not talked about) albeit also are growing again.
There are no power outages, no lines at gas stations, no empty shelves in the grocery store, no lack in medications...
In fact, if you go to a mall in Moscow, they sell state of the art computers, smart phones, clothes, fragrances, anything you want to include knock offs of those high end name brands no longer available (it’s all made in China anyhow).
All you have seen is less Euro and Jap cars, and more Chinese cars: https://carnewschina.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-2.png
1.) The US no longer commands as much of the world’s share of GDP and high tech as it once did. https://imageio.forbes.com/blogs-images/mikepatton/files/2016/02/Capture.jpg?format=jpg&height=600&width=1200&fit=bounds
2.) China was the variable which doomed western sanctions and their effect regaining Russia. When they gave the Biden admin the middle finger, all we became was hot air and a lot of wishful thinking.
The original poster it came from, I’m not surprised at all with her leanings and propaganda.
As always, nuance is beyond you.
This conflict has rumbled on for over 4 years.
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It doesn’t seem like much is happening in this conflict.
Russia seems content with the status quo, while Ukraine and their allies do nothing to regain lost real estate.
Russia has a total lifetime mobilization pool of 25 million. Ukraine has a total lifetime mobilization pool of 5 million. Things grinding away in place does not favor Ukraine. It’s going to take shortages on the Russian side to keep Ukraine from collapsing.
Russia’s Fuel Crisis Is Record-Breaking
Two-thirds of the 83 Russian federal entities are experiencing fuel rationing — implemented either by government mandates or private companies. The situation is most extreme in Ukrainian territories long occupied by Russia, exacerbated by Ukrainian strikes on logistical infrastructure that have prevented fuel transit. In Crimea, occupation authorities temporarily ended gasoline sales entirely due to supply issues.
Hard-pressed Russians are drawing outside the lines to mitigate fuel crisis impacts, as are some of the countries that depend on Russian fuel exports. Kazakh leaders have noted major fuel smuggling efforts in 2026, with Kazakh authorities reporting the apprehension and stopping of over 700 illicit initiatives to smuggle fuel-related products abroad.
Successful fuel smuggling from Kazakhstan likely occurs on a total scale of hundreds of millions of dollars. A single gang reportedly managed to smuggle over $75 million worth of AI-92 gasoline alone to another Central Asian neighbor. Meanwhile, Russian authorities have relaxed quality standards for fuel.
Russia’s Economy Is Being Squeezed
Russia’s broader economy is struggling due to a combination of military costs, labor shortages, and sanctions. Growth figures for 2025 and projections for 2026 have stagnated at 1 percent — despite inflation of around 5 to 9 percent — and the Kremlin’s budget deficit doubled over the past year. Low growth and depleted reserves have removed Russia’s economic cushion as Moscow struggles to keep inflation and interest rates in check while demand for debt through domestic borrowing grows. Meanwhile, Russia has raised tax burdens on its population, while President Vladimir Putin has reportedly solicited oligarchs for “donations” to the Kremlin’s budget. Growing economic challenges coupled with an increasingly fleeced population pose a challenge for Putin in pitching the war in Ukraine as a wise long-term commitment.
Putin’s war continues to upend the implicit social contract between the state and the Russian people, in which the latter accept authoritarianism in exchange for stability and economic benefits — including subsidized fuel prices. Increased financial pressure on both Russia’s public and Russia’s elite could lead to broad-spectrum societal dissatisfaction and low productivity that impede Putin’s effectiveness at marshaling long-term support for the war in Ukraine.
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/06/29/russian-gasoline-shortages-compound-economic-struggles/
Here is your post dismissing the article:
” ... l just dismiss anything from them.”
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