{"id":1371972,"date":"2026-03-20T15:46:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/gas-station-chains-raise-fuel-prices-despite-falling-demand\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:46:47","slug":"gas-station-chains-raise-fuel-prices-despite-falling-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/gas-station-chains-raise-fuel-prices-despite-falling-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas station chains raise fuel prices despite falling demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gas station chains in Ukraine continue to raise fuel prices, despite declining demand among drivers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/DeepStateUA\/23318\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">is reported by<\/a> DeepState, citing internal sources in the premium segment of gas stations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1099\"> According to them, market operators are deliberately raising prices to increase profits. At the same time, some networks cannot sell off old fuel stocks.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1238\"> The reason is that drivers have begun to massively switch to cheaper gas stations. The current price per liter is forcing Ukrainians to save even on basic expenses.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1441\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> At the same time, objective factors &#8211; new purchases and logistics &#8211; also influence the formation of costs. However, according to sources, these factors do not explain the current level of prices charged by individual gas station chains.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1441\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> As previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/keshbek-na-palne-v-ukraini-zapratsiuvav-iak-otrymaty-i-skilky-povertaiut\/\">the so-called \u201cfuel\u201d cashback program has been in effect in Ukraine since March 20.<\/a> Drivers can receive a portion of the money spent on refueling \u2014 up to 15%, depending on the type of fuel.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1441\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/mayzhe-90-hryven-za-litr-ekspert-dav-nevtishnyy-prohnoz-shchodo-vartosti-dyzeliu\/\">the cost of diesel fuel in Ukraine has increased amid the aggravation of the situation in the Middle East.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas station chains in Ukraine continue to raise fuel prices, despite declining demand among drivers. This is reported by DeepState, citing internal sources in the premium segment of gas stations. According to them, market operators are deliberately raising prices to increase profits. At the same time, some networks cannot sell off old fuel stocks. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1307529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76892,76871],"class_list":["post-1371972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-economy","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1307529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}