Kremlin bans petrol exports until 2026 amid Ukraine’s strikes on Russia's oil sector

The Kremlin has extended nan existing prohibition connected petrol exports until nan extremity of this twelvemonth and will besides enforce a akin prohibition connected diesel exports for non-producers.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated that "this will additionally proviso nan marketplace pinch petroleum products." Gasoline exports will beryllium banned for each participants, isolated from for deliveries nether intergovernmental agreements.

Recently, nan substance shortage connected nan marketplace has worsened, pinch a increasing number of regions imposing restrictions connected gasoline sales, and its value reaching historical highs. Supply disruptions person already affected cardinal areas, including Moscow and Leningrad regions.

Pavel Bazhenov, President of nan Independent Fuel Union (NTS) said that nan business chiefly affects cardinal Russia, nan southbound of nan country, nan Volga region, and nan Far East.

According to nan charismatic version, nan problems are caused by seasonal request and refinery maintenance.

However, amid almost regular strikes by nan Ukrainian Armed Forces, it appears that lipid refining accommodation require much predominant repairs, and accumulation is forced to decrease, which has already been felt by mean consumers waiting successful agelong queues astatine petrol stations.

On Wednesday, Ukrainian drones again attacked nan Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat refinery successful Bashkortostan, located 1,500 km from nan beforehand line.

On Friday, Ukrainian drones struck nan Afipsky refinery successful nan Krasnodar region successful confederate Russia for nan 2nd clip successful a month.

Ukraine vows to proceed its strategy

In caller weeks, Ukraine has intensified strikes connected nan Russian lipid industry, starring to nan suspension of operations and moreover becoming a facet successful nan gasoline shortage crossed nan country.

Ukrainian attacks person abnormal accommodation accounting for astatine slightest 17% of Russian refining capacity, aliases 1.1 cardinal barrels per time (bpd), according to reports.

Russian economist Vladislav Inozemtsev told Euronews that Kyiv's strategy of striking nan Russian lipid manufacture is "the astir effective point Ukraine tin do" to harm nan Russian warfare machine.

Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said connected Thursday that Kyiv’s strikes connected Russia's lipid assemblage person severely disrupted substance supplies and logistics for Moscow's equipped forces.

"This is simply a substance situation successful Russia, which straight affects logistics and nan proviso of its army," Syrskyi said.

He besides stated that successful little than 2 months, Ukrainian forces person struck 85 high-value targets connected Russian soil.

These see 33 subject sites, specified arsenic bases, warehouses and airfields, arsenic good arsenic 52 military-industrial accommodation that nutrient weapons, ammunition, substance and drones.

The FT reported earlier this week that 16 of Russia's 38 lipid refineries person been struck by Ukrainian drones since August 2025.

"The effectiveness of DeepStrike has been confirmed not only by us, but besides appreciated by our partners," Syrskyi said.

"That's why we proceed to build and standard nan units that transportation retired DeepStrike," he concluded.