Zelenskiy says Russia gasoline supplies may be down by a fifth

9/10/2025 16:30

Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities may have reduced gasoline supplies in Russia by up to a fifth, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as both sides step up attacks on each other's energy infrastructure.



With diplomatic efforts to end the war largely stalled and little movement along the fiercely contested front line, Russian forces have focused on crippling Ukrainian gas production while Ukraine has been targeting Russia's oil refining capacity.



Reuters calculations in August showed that Ukrainian attacks had reduced Russian oil refining by almost a fifth on certain days. Zelenskiy's comments implied that level of shortage was now ongoing.



"This still needs to be verified, but we believe that they've lost up to 20% of their gasoline supply – directly as a result of our strikes," Zelenskiy said in remarks to journalists released on Thursday.



The Kremlin has said that Russia's domestic fuel market is fully supplied.



Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces had used domestically produced Neptune and Flamingo missiles in recent attacks, part of Ukraine's effort to scale up its homegrown arms industry.