WATCH: Fights break out at Russian gas stations as Putin admits fuel shortages

Russian President Vladimir Putin has publically acknowledged that Ukrainian long-range strikes are creating substance proviso problems wrong Russia, arsenic videos obtained by Fox News Digital amusement agelong lines, aggravated motorists and fights erupting astatine filling stations crossed respective Russian regions.

Speaking astatine a gathering with authorities ministers and different officials aft a question of Ukrainian attacks connected Russian lipid infrastructure, Putin said connected Sunday that strikes connected "critical infrastructure" and vigor facilities were creating "problems," including shortages affecting motorists, businesses and cultivation producers, but said Russia was dealing with them, according to Reuters. 

The remarks marked a uncommon admittance from the Kremlin that Ukraine’s long-range run is having an interaction beyond the battlefield.

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For Ukraine, the substance situation is grounds that its long-range onslaught run is doing much than damaging idiosyncratic facilities. The attacks are forcing Moscow to negociate disposable problems astatine home, exposing a vulnerability successful a state whose planetary powerfulness has agelong rested connected its vigor sector. 

Smoke and flames emergence implicit Moscow connected June 18, 2026, pursuing a Ukrainian drone onslaught that deed the Kapotnya lipid refinery and different targets successful the Russian capital. (East2West)

The shortages person dispersed crossed Russia, including occupied Crimea, confederate Russia, Siberia and Moscow. Moscow besides is weighing exigency measures, including temporarily allowing the accumulation and import of lower-quality fuel, according to a draught authorities papers reported by the Kommersant regular newspaper.

Maxim Katz, a Russian absorption fig and erstwhile Moscow municipal deputy, told Fox News Digital that the substance shortages are existent and progressively hard for Russians to ignore.

"There are substance problems successful Russia close present — existent ones," Katz told Fox News Digital. "I’m getting a batch of reports, and I tin spot it too: It’s hard. You can’t find fuel, oregon you person to basal successful line. In immoderate cities, you person to walk fractional a time looking for fuel, and past they springiness you lone a little, and you person to get backmost successful enactment again."

Fights are erupting successful filling presumption queues crossed Russia aft Ukrainian drone strikes triggered chronic substance shortages. (East2West)

Katz said the shortages look tied straight to Ukraine’s attacks connected Russian refining capacity.

"They are bombing the refineries precise effectively," helium said. "Putin doesn’t person a mode to support them. Right now, it looks similar determination is nary mode to support them, and that is simply a large unit constituent connected Putin."

Videos obtained by Fox News Digital from east2west Russian quality outlet amusement scenes of vexation astatine Russian filling stations, wherever drivers are seen waiting successful agelong queues and arguing arsenic shortages bite. In 1 video, 2 women look to reason implicit a spot successful line, with 1 insisting, "I was successful the queue," earlier the confrontation escalates into shouting and threats.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering connected securing substance supplies for the home marketplace successful Moscow, Russia, June 28, 2026. (Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via Reuters)

In Serov, Russia, constabulary were called aft a antheral operator was seen shouting obscenities astatine respective women earlier punching 1 of them, according to a video. 

In Ryazan, Russia, video shows a combat breaking retired adjacent a forecourt arsenic drivers waited for fuel. In Irkutsk, Russia, a antheral is seen leaning into the unfastened model of a hatchback and repeatedly hitting different motorist.

One woman, identified lone arsenic Tanya, 29, told east2west she waited 13 hours successful Siberia to get fractional a vessel of substance and blamed Putin’s warfare for the chaos.

"He should halt this senseless struggle and fto america unrecorded normally," she said.

Ukraine progressively has utilized long-range drones to people Russian lipid refineries, depots and proviso routes hundreds of miles from its border. Ukraine deed 2 Russian lipid refineries overnight, Reuters reported Sunday, including 1 successful Krasnodar, Russia, and different successful Yaroslavl, Russia, arsenic Kyiv continues targeting infrastructure linked to Moscow’s warfare effort.

'PURE HELL' IN MOSCOW AS UKRAINIAN DRONES STRIKE MAJOR REFINERY SUPPLYING CAPITAL'S FUEL MARKET

The Moscow Oil Refinery successful Kapotnya burns aft being deed during Ukraine’s June 18, 2026, drone onslaught connected the Russian capital. (East2West)

Katz said the substance disruption comes alongside deeper economical unit caused by the war, including precocious home borrowing, steep involvement rates and a fund progressively built astir subject spending.

"The full system is present built connected war," Katz said. "War does not nutrient anything. Nothing comes backmost from it. So what remains is simply a large hole."

He said Russia is not yet connected the verge of collapse, but the strain is "growing and growing," with economical officials informing that spending whitethorn request to beryllium chopped arsenic the fund shortage becomes harder to close.

This appraisal was besides confirmed to Fox News Digital by a European quality source, who said the economical unit is efficaciously working.

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Cars queue for substance astatine a state presumption aft the authorities restricted substance income amid a proviso shortage pursuing Ukrainian attacks connected logistics routes successful the people of Russia-Ukraine conflict, successful Sevastopol, Crimea June 1, 2026. (Reuters)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Russian and Ukrainian spokespeople for comment. 

Reuters contributed to this story.