Russia is transporting fuel to Crimea in tankers disguised as milk trucks – Reuters
Attempts by Russian authorities to establish fuel supplies to the temporarily occupied Crimea are being thwarted by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which continue to destroy fuel trucks and tankers using long-range UAVs, despite efforts to camouflage the cargo and jam Starlink communications.
To protect its military logistics, the Russian army uses empty water and milk tanks to disguise the transport of gasoline and diesel, and also employs civilian vehicles, ATVs, motorcycles, and small convoys with machine-gun cover. As a result of systematic attacks on the “land corridor” and energy facilities on the peninsula, there has been an acute fuel shortage, leading to a limit of 20 liters of gasoline per person, and in Sevastopol, fuel distribution was implemented via QR codes, with the average price reaching about 200 rubles.
To counter Ukrainian UAVs, the Russian military is deploying “Volna-Kupol-Garant” electronic warfare systems to jam Starlink, but Ukrainian forces are successfully detecting and destroying these systems. Military analysts cite the operations of Ukrainian long-range drones as a key factor in the conflict, noting that a potential increase in the production of Russian electronic warfare systems in the future could complicate such attacks.
Source: Reuters.
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, fuel shortages could escalate into a much more serious crisis. Due to logistical difficulties on the peninsula, prices have already begun to rise, lines are forming, and residents are increasingly stocking up on essential goods.
The shortage of automotive fuel, previously observed in the temporarily occupied Crimea, has begun to spread to the southern regions of the Russian Federation. Residents of the Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast are reporting shortages of gasoline and diesel fuel.
