Cars queue outside a petrol station in Moscow. Igor IVANKO / AFP via Getty Images Russia is suffering its worst energy crisis in over a decade amid Ukraine's drone strikes. In Crimea, one of the hardest-hit regions, local officials said fuel sales would remain unavailable. At least 78 of Russia's 83 regions are experiencing shortages, with purchase limits in effect in 48. Fuel shortages that have been ramping up since the summer of 2025 are compounding into a nationwide crisis for Russia, forc