Governor Sergei Aksionov, appointed by Moscow, confirmed on Sunday that the sale of fuel to the general public in Russian-occupied Crimea has been completely suspended since the morning hours. Gasoline and diesel will be sold exclusively to state enterprises at gas stations.
The sale of fuel to the general public on the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea is suspended, the Moscow-appointed governor there, Sergei Aksionov, confirmed on Sunday. His statement came at a time when Kyiv intensified attacks on Russian supply routes, TASR reports, according to an AFP report.
- The sale of fuel to the public at gas stations in Crimea has been stopped.
- Fuel in Crimea should be temporarily available exclusively to state-owned enterprises.
- Ukrainian attacks have been targeting the supply of Crimea for a long time and are causing a fuel crisis.
Fuel will be sold only to state enterprises
“Today, June 21, from 9:00 a.m. local time (8:00 a.m. CET), the sale of fuel at Crimean gas stations was suspended,” Aksionov said, adding that fuel will be sold exclusively to state-owned enterprises.
At least four people were killed in the area of the city of Kerch in the latest massive Ukrainian drone attacks on Crimea on Sunday night, according to local authorities. After the attacks, they also report 28 injured, Aksionov said on Telegram.
According to reports from social networks, there were several explosions and fires in different areas of the peninsula. A fire broke out in the fuel terminal of the port city of Kerch and a large cloud of smoke is rising over the region, the Telegram channel Krymskyi veter reported in the morning, but it was not possible to independently verify these reports immediately, writes the DPA agency.
Ukraine is trying to cut off Crimea from supplies
However, the local authorities also informed at night about the closure of the Crimean bridge between Kerch and the Russian mainland for car traffic. The Kavkaz port on the Russian side of the Kerch Strait, where a fuel terminal and an oil warehouse are also located, should have been hit during the attack.
For weeks, Ukraine has been trying to cut off Crimea from supplies with increasing attacks, the German agency reminds, adding that a fuel crisis has erupted on the peninsula.
The governor of Sevastopol, appointed by Moscow, Mikhail Razvozhayev, also reported on Telegram in the morning that fuel deliveries continue to be delayed.
