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Russia Cuts Fuel Sales to Public in Crimea
United Press International ^ | 21 June 2026 | Danielle Haynes

Posted on 06/21/2026 4:09:27 PM PDT by Apparatchik

June 21 (UPI) -- The Russian government on Sunday halted fuel sales to civilians and businesses not considered vital to functioning and security in Crimea.

Sergey Aksyonov, the governor of Crimea, announced people would be turned away from gas stations amid a fuel shortage and logistical difficulties related to the war with Ukraine, the BBC reported.

"Further decisions regarding the current situation in the republic's fuel market will be announced at a later date," he said in a post on Telegram.

The announcement came amid new attacks by Ukraine on energy and transportation infrastructure on the Crimean Peninsula, Politico reported. Russia illegally annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, and it has been at the center of fighting between the two countries ever since.

Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Russia's energy supply in an effort to hobble its defenses and ability to transport troops and machinery. Fuel facilities in the Kerch Strait in Russia's Krasnodar region have also been attacked.

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TOPICS: European Union; Foreign Affairs; Russia; Ukraine; War
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1 posted on 06/21/2026 4:09:27 PM PDT by Apparatchik
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To: Apparatchik

Бензина для тебя нет. This is what I got from english to russian. :)


2 posted on 06/21/2026 4:17:45 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Apparatchik

“The Russian government on Sunday halted fuel sales to civilians and businesses”

BFD! There hasn’t been any gas to sell since last week.


3 posted on 06/21/2026 4:19:06 PM PDT by TexasGator (11i11'./1)
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To: xp38

Бензину тобі не буде or more to the point in Ukrainian


4 posted on 06/21/2026 4:20:30 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

Funny how they skew what is happening in the title. Cuts and halts are two different things


5 posted on 06/21/2026 4:34:35 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: Apparatchik

I am so glad the Ukrainians finally started hitting Russian oil infrastructure.

I had been saying from day 1 that is what they needed to do.


6 posted on 06/21/2026 4:39:50 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009

It would have been more effective if they hit all the vodka distilleries.


7 posted on 06/21/2026 5:03:10 PM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: TexasGator

lol Russian mir is fascinating


8 posted on 06/21/2026 5:45:46 PM PDT by blitz128
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To: Apparatchik

Today, no gasoline for the public in Crimea.

Tomorrow, no gasoline for the public in all of Russia.

The results of Putin’s “special military operation” are coming home to roost.


9 posted on 06/21/2026 5:50:56 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: SteelPSUGOP

GAL


10 posted on 06/21/2026 5:50:58 PM PDT by TexasGator (11i11'./1)
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To: Apparatchik
Russian oil is booming!


11 posted on 06/21/2026 6:47:36 PM PDT by tlozo (“Russia war-Either money today or blood tomorrow," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk )
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To: tlozo

Flying saucers are real!


12 posted on 06/21/2026 7:33:46 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Apparatchik

In addition to the attacks on oil infrastructure the Ukies have been hitting the transit corridors to Crimea hard. The Russians have restricted one corridor to military traffic only. That only guaranteed that whatever the Ukies hit on that road was a legitimate military target.

cC


13 posted on 06/21/2026 7:40:39 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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14 posted on 06/21/2026 9:19:51 PM PDT by roadcat ( )
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To: Apparatchik

natalia poklonskaya, the Crimean beauty who enamoured people in 2014. In late 2025, she legally changed her first name from Natalia to Radveda. According to her, the name is rooted in ancient myths and traditional legends and translates roughly to "morning dawn" or "star". Along with her name change, she has publicly embraced Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism). She regularly dedicates social media content to pagan beliefs, such as celebrating holidays like Samhain and the "Wheel of the Year". This marks a dramatic shift from her early political career, during which she was known as a deeply devout Russian Orthodox Christian who heavily venerated Tsar Nicholas II.

15 posted on 06/21/2026 10:12:56 PM PDT by Cronos (Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

As long as they aren’t doing it with American ordinance. I’m with the Russian separatists that are not Ukrainian. Ukraine was never a language spoken in Crimea. Leave those Russians alone, they’re not Ukrainian nor want to be.


16 posted on 06/21/2026 10:38:22 PM PDT by IDFbunny (Crimea was never Ukraine.)
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As long as they aren’t doing it with American ordinance ordnance.[...] Ukraine was never a language spoken in Crimea.

I can personally attest to the fact that it was! I would routinely address strangers in Russian, but they would often reply in Ukrainian - even though I interacted chiefly with the personnel at a Russian military installation.

Regards,

17 posted on 06/21/2026 11:28:15 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: tlozo
This new video suggests that Russian air defense may have hit the refinery.

It wasn’t Ukraine: New video shows Russia’s own missile blew up Moscow refinery in embarrassing miss

The Russkies are so inept. They are doomed to lose this war big time.
18 posted on 06/21/2026 11:56:41 PM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: Apparatchik

This new video suggests that Russian air defense may have hit the refinery.

It wasn’t Ukraine: New video shows Russia’s own missile blew up Moscow refinery in embarrassing miss

The Russkies are so inept. They are doomed to lose this war big time.
***********8
The Russkies have always been such clods.


19 posted on 06/22/2026 4:58:38 AM PDT by yldstrk
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This new video suggests that Russian air defense may have hit the refinery.

The whole incident was started by Ukraine's missiles and drones attacking the refinery. The Russian air defense mishap would not have occurred if Ukraine was not attacking Russian refineries. Thus, I give all credit to the Ukrainians for destroying the refinery.

When Ukraine destroys a fuel truck, the secondary explosion is not because of the inept Russians. When Ukraine destroys a weapons depot, the secondary explosions are not due to bad placement of the weapons or Russian ineptness.

Luckily for the Russians, the missile gone-bad, was not a nuclear-tipped missile. ;-)
20 posted on 06/22/2026 2:32:52 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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