Russia’s wartime oil revenues are under mounting strain as Ukrainian drone strikes and Western sanctions converge to cripple the country’s refining sector and export capacity.
Russian gas stations are reportedly selling low-quality gasoline that's breaking down Chinese vehicles, while nearly one in five drivers report encountering empty pumps - concrete signs that Ukraine's systematic strikes on refineries are now affecting ordinary Russians at the pump.
Battlefield strikes hollowing out refining capacity and coordinated Brussels policy moves produce two-track effect forcing Moscow to choose between fiscal subsidies, domestic shortages, or riskier evasion attempts