Ukraine uses attack drones to hit Crimea supply routes, triggering gasoline shortages

Ukraine has recently used attack drones to systematically strike key highways, rail lines and bridges leading to Crimea, destroying large numbers of fuel tankers and freight trains. Videos circulating widely on social media show fuel trucks burning and long lines at gas stations, with one witness saying an overnight wait for gasoline lasted eight hours. The disruptions have caused acute gasoline shortages on the peninsula and hampered the summer tourism season. The campaign targets the physical energy logistics chain between Russia and Crimea, materially unsettling regional supply-and-demand for refined products, especially gasoline.