The fuel shortage ravaging Russia has forced motorists around the country to wait in endless lines to fill up, evoking memories of communist-era privation.
Ukraine's months-long campaign of drone strikes on oil infrastructure deep inside Russian territory has forced refineries to shut down. Energy ***** ysts have estimated that 25% or more of Russia's refining capacity has been taken offline by the attacks.
The head of Russia's biggest oil company even called the damage to refineries "unprecedented," according to a letter to President Vladimir Putin that was leaked to Russian newspaper Kommersant.