Gasoline prices in Russia are hitting record highs due to intensified attacks on refineries – ISW

Russia is seeing a sharp rise in gasoline prices, caused by intensified long-range strikes by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on Russian oil refineries and fuel infrastructure facilities. In Yalta, the price has already reached 350 rubles (202 hryvnias) per liter.

According to Rosstat data, consumer prices for fuel rose by an average of 6.88% in June, with AI-92 gasoline rising by 7.3%, AI-95 by 6.7%, AI-98 by 3.1%, and diesel fuel by 7.1%. The situation with gasoline is worst in Crimea; in some places there, you can even buy it, but for an exorbitant price.

Compared to the same period last year, gasoline in June 2026 was 19.9% more expensive, which significantly exceeds the growth rates of previous years. According to estimates by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the disruption of logistics chains and oil refineries during the summer peak in demand led to fuel shortages in at least 78 of Russia’s 83 regions, as well as in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Analysts note that the continuation of Ukraine’s strike campaign will exacerbate fuel shortages for the civilian sector and create significant obstacles for the military logistics of the Russian occupation forces. 

This is reported in an ISW report.

The Russian Red Cross has begun building up additional stockpiles of humanitarian aid for the temporarily occupied Crimea and Sevastopol following the declaration of a state of emergency on the peninsula.

On the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula, local residents report prolonged power outages, fuel shortages, rising prices, and problems with social infrastructure. According to them, the situation is particularly dire in the northern regions of the peninsula.

As a reminder, Ukraine has claimed to have struck 19 Russian tankers carrying fuel for Crimea.