ALBAWABA - Fuel sales to the general public are suspended in Russian-occupied Crimea, in Ukraine, the local Moscow-backed governor said on Sunday, as Kyiv stepped up strikes on Russian supply lines.
"Today, June 21, starting from 09:00 a.m. (0700 GMT), fuel sales at Crimean petrol stations have been suspended," governor Sergey Aksyonov announced Sunday.
He further mentioned that fuel would only be sold to state enterprises.
Four people were killed, and 28 others were injured in a drone attack by Ukrainian forces on the Russian-controlled peninsula of Crimea, Aksyonov announced.
Ukraine has recently intensified attacks on Crimea, targeting the peninsula's oil refineries and causing a fuel crisis.
According to the Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian military attacked fuel transit terminals and port infrastructure on both sides of the Kerch Strait in a Saturday-Sunday overnight attack.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that attack in a post via X; he said, "Facilities on both sides of the Crimean Bridge were hit: maritime logistics used to transport oil in the Krasnodar region and an oil depot in temporarily occupied Kerch. In addition, military logistics facilities were successfully struck, along with four radar stations belonging to S-400 systems and two Pantsir systems."
On Thursday, Kyiv carried out its largest drone offensive on Moscow in two years, said Russian state-run news agency TASS. The attacks targeted and damaged infrastructure, caused fires, and sent debris raining down across Moscow.
Russia's president Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022, launching a ground invasion into the Ukrainian lands.
