Nataliya Vasilyeva

Scores of targeted attacks against supply routes, part of what Kyiv calls a “logistics lockdown,” has caused gasoline shortages.

Paul Sonne and Nataliya Vasilyeva The New York Times The attack, which shut down the capital's airports for several hours, appeared to be the biggest wave of strikes on the city since the start of the war.

MOSCOW — Black smoke from a burning oil refinery filled the Moscow sky. The city's four airports were urgently closed.

The authorities in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula controlled by Russia, declared a state of emergency Friday after weeks of intense air attacks by

UKRAINE is using its expanding fleet of attack drones to choke vital supply routes into Crimea, causing gasoline shortages and disrupting the summer

BERLIN -- Ukraine is trying to turn Crimea into a new pressure point for the Kremlin, aiming to inflict so much pain on a region especially dear to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will agree to end the war.

ISTANBUL — Alyona Sadovnikova first experienced gasoline shortages in mid-June, when she pulled into a station and was told it was only serving customers who had ration coupons.

July 6, 2026 — 3:45pm Istanbul: Alyona Sadovnikova first experienced Russia's petrol shortages in mid-June, when she pulled into a station and was told it was serving only customers who had ration coupons.

As the war on Ukraine bites, Russians are experiencing the kinds of fuel shortages that many haven’t seen in their lifetimes.