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Moscow starts feeling bite of fuel shortages as Ukraine ramps up attacks

Moscow starts feeling bite of fuel shortages as Ukraine ramps up attacks
France 24 Thursday 02 July 2026, 09:24 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Moscow starts feeling bite of fuel shortages as Ukraine ramps up attacks Europe Issued on: Modified: Share After a rare admission by President Putin that the army was suffering from a fuel shortage, Gallup pollsters have released new findings that Russia's "economic pessimism" has hit a 20-year high. For months, Ukrainian drones have been attacking Russian oil infrastructure and the consequences are now being felt even in the capital - usually the last to feel them.
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