Russia Runs Out of Jet Fuel, Buys Gasoline on Black Market Like Your Cousin Jim
KEY POINTS
- •Ukraine claimed its drones and cruise missiles severely damaged Russian refineries, cutting jet fuel production significantly.
- •As a result, Russia banned exporting its own aviation fuel and started importing 70,000 tonnes from South Korea and Egypt.
- •Ukrainian President Zelenskyy promised to continue targeting Russia’s energy sector to halt the war machine.
Ukraine’s military intelligence bragged this weekend that their pinpoint drone and missile strikes have so thoroughly gassed Russia’s oil-refining empire that Moscow now imports jet fuel, buying a suspicious 70,000 tonnes from South Korea and Egypt via shadowy tankers playing hide-and-seek around Western sanctions. Russia, the “energy superpower” that boasts about scraps it scrapes up, slapped a temporary export ban on its own aviation fuel because apparently flying bombers and commercial planes is now like competing for public Wi-Fi. Zelenskyy boasts nearly 40% of Russia’s primary refineries are offline, while Kyiv’s homemade drones buzz up to 1,800 miles to whack targets with surgical precision—bet those fuel injections can’t dodge the homemade cruise missiles.
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(1 of 3)Russia, once the backyard bully with a full fridge, is now borrowing jet fuel like your broke friend borrowing sugar—except the kitchen is on fire and everyone's watching.
When your country brags 'energy superpower' but is secretly running a fuel charity program funded by South Korea and Egypt.
Russia’s jet fuel is now 'imported artisanal blend' delivered by a fleet of ghosts—next up, free-range missiles.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/31/2026 | Author: Sinéad Baker
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