Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Forces Russia to Lean on Record Belarus Fuel Supplies

Ukraine’s drone campaign is squeezing Russia’s fuel supply as unplanned outages at Russian refineries—hit repeatedly by strikes—have reduced gasoline and diesel output. Reuters reports that Belarusian gasoline and diesel shipments to Russia reached record monthly levels in July. Gasoline deliveries by rail rose to 212,000 metric tons and diesel to 162,000 tons, while jet fuel fell. Russian restrictions on diesel exports and reliance on imports from other countries further underscore the strain.