Reuters: amid Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, russia prepares to borrow fuel from other countries
Kyiv • UNN
moscow has asked Kazakhstan to create a reserve of 100,000 tons of gasoline for delivery to Russia in case of a fuel shortage due to Ukrainian drone attacks on russian refineries.
Against the backdrop of Ukrainian drone attacks on russian refineries, moscow has already asked Kazakhstan to be ready to supply 100,000 tons of gasoline in case of a fuel shortage. Reuters writes about this with reference to sources in the industry, UNN reports.
Details
It is noted that moscow has asked Kazakhstan to create a reserve fund of 100,000 tons of gasoline, which will be ready to supply fuel to russia if necessary.
According to the source, the agreement on the use of reserves for the needs of the russian Federation has already been signed.
Addendum
The newspaper also noted that on March 1, moscow imposed a six-month ban on gasoline exports to prevent an acute fuel shortage. At the same time, it does not apply to the moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Kazakhstan, as well as to some countries, such as Mongolia, with which russia has interstate agreements on fuel supplies.
However, traders believe that the ban may be extended if the situation in russia worsens.
According to sources, as of April 5, Kazakhstan's stocks of AI-92 gasoline amounted to 307,700 tons and AI-95 gasoline - 58,000 tons. Diesel fuel reserves amounted to 435,300 tons, and aviation fuel - 101,000 tons.
Recall
The head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, said that the SBU had successfully attacked russian oil refineries, cutting oil exports by a third and cutting off a key source of revenue for the russian military budget.
