{"id":1411405,"date":"2026-06-28T20:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/a-complete-ban-on-diesel-exports-is-being-considered-putin-acknowledged-fuel-shortage-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T04:04:46","slug":"a-complete-ban-on-diesel-exports-is-being-considered-putin-acknowledged-fuel-shortage-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/a-complete-ban-on-diesel-exports-is-being-considered-putin-acknowledged-fuel-shortage-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Acknowledges Fuel Shortage as Russia Considers Banning Diesel Exports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"f11b0ea1-d2b9-4794-82f5-48698b06ca24\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:4adc2116-de85-4dd6-913c-cf8123ac9024-7\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:4adc2116-de85-4dd6-913c-cf8123ac9024-7\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:4adc2116-de85-4dd6-913c-cf8123ac9024-7\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"dde71ed7-9f54-4ceb-a060-e2c72ba9a5a8\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"310\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"310\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Russian leader Vladimir Putin has acknowledged fuel shortages at gas stations across Russia, signaling mounting pressure on the country&#8217;s energy market. As authorities draw on fuel reserves to ease the crisis, the Kremlin is also considering a complete ban on diesel exports to stabilize domestic supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is reported by Russian media.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting on fuel supply to the domestic market, Vladimir Putin announced that a special headquarters has been created in Russia to monitor the fuel supply situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are queues at gas stations, and the necessary brands of gasoline are not always available,&#8221; Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Russia has already begun drawing on its fuel reserves. At the same time, he claims that gasoline reserves of 1.7 million tons remain unchanged from last year.<\/p>\n<p>Putin also said that Russia is considering a complete ban on diesel exports. He also expressed hope that fuel production will exceed June levels in July.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Russian dictator again accused Ukraine of attacks on Russian infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to minimize the consequences of terrorist attacks on our peaceful civilian objects,&#8221; Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, among the measures to stabilize the situation, the Russian authorities are considering increasing fuel supplies and ensuring &#8220;economically reasonable prices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The day before, Russian dictator Vladimir <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/putin-zaiavyv-pro-koryhuvannia-planiv-viyny-ta-anonsuvav-chesni-vybory-do-derzhdumy\/\">Putin said that Russia supposedly controls the situation on the front and does not abandon its strategic goals in the war against Ukraine<\/a>. He also spoke about the upcoming elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, calling them a test of the political system.<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported, Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries are increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-rosii-vpalo-vyrobnytstvo-benzynu-palyvna-kryza-okhopliuie-novi-rehiony-zmi\/\">hitting the Russian fuel industry<\/a>. Gasoline production has declined significantly, and fuel problems are already affecting regions located thousands of kilometers from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, Russia<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiia-cherez-defitsyt-benzynu-zvernulasia-po-dopomohu-do-kazakhstanu-zmi\/\">\u00a0has asked Kazakhstan to supply about\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiia-cherez-defitsyt-benzynu-zvernulasia-po-dopomohu-do-kazakhstanu-zmi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50,000 tons of AI-92 gasoline<\/a> amid growing fuel shortages<\/span>\u00a0on the domestic market.<\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian leader Vladimir Putin has acknowledged fuel shortages at gas stations across Russia, signaling mounting pressure on the country&#8217;s energy market. As authorities draw on fuel reserves to ease the crisis, the Kremlin is also considering a complete ban on diesel exports to stabilize domestic supplies. This is reported by Russian media. During a meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1398520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76875,76870,76871],"class_list":["post-1411405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-world","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411405","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411461,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411405\/revisions\/1411461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1398520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}