At the same time, according to official statistics, this year in May, Ukraine has not yet been able to reach the pace of last year's supply of petroleum products in the corresponding month.

In May 2022, Ukraine purchased only 96.2% of the volume of May 2021.

There is still a shortage in the market

However, despite the resumption of supplies of petroleum products, fuel shortages still remain.

First of all, A-92 gasoline disappeared from the market at all, because European plants do not produce it at all.

Disruptions also remain with the supply of diesel fuel, as it is primarily needed for the army, as active hostilities are underway, and for the agricultural sector, as the new harvest begins.

At the same time, Ukraine has not yet been able to restore the oil depots destroyed by Russia, in which fuel was stored, and the Kremenchug refinery, which provided 40% of the domestic market.

What has the government done to solve the fuel problem

First of all, the government of Ukraine allowed more legal entities to import oil products.

Previously, 67 companies were engaged in fuel supplies to Ukraine, and now 261 enterprises.

In addition, the government allowed the temporary use of Euro-3 and Euro-4 gasoline trucks.

At the same time, Ukraine agreed with 21 countries on the admission of this transport to its territory.

Thus, despite complex logistics, hydrocarbon supplies are beginning to resume by land, while Russia has blocked sea supplies through the Black Sea.

All fuel is from Europe

In an interview with the Ukrainian publication "RBK-Ukraine", Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine

Alexander Kubrakou

said that now all fuel is imported from the European Union market.

"Borders, the number of transport units, fuel tankers, tankers - all this was not calculated for the maintenance of such a system.

After all, global demand has not disappeared, people have returned to the country, sowing was done, now the harvest is coming.

Yes, the economy has stagnated, business activity has decreased, but not dramatically, and we need to replace hundreds of thousands of tons of fuel with imports.

The situation in the European Union itself is also difficult, it is not so easy to find fuel and it is even more difficult to find a reliable and normal logistic structure for it, so that it gets to Ukraine," said Aleksandar Kubrakou.

According to him, the deficit still exists, but in two months the market will be saturated with the required amount of fuel.

"Now the situation on the market of diesel fuel and liquefied gas has calmed down.

As for gasoline, I believe that one and a half or two months are still needed until the market is saturated and the stock is formed," the minister added.

It became known who will replace Belarus on the market

In 2021, Belarus became the largest supplier of diesel fuel and bitumen to Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the war with Russia, Ukraine has stopped trade with Belarus.

Ukrainian border control points on the border with Belarus are closed.

Now Poland has become the leader on the Ukrainian market.

Even before the war, Ukraine started negotiations with the Polish company PKN Orlen in order to reduce its fuel dependence on Belarus and Russia.

On July 21, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine informed https://t.me/miUkraune/850 that Ukrainian Railways signed an agreement with Polish PKN Orlen on strategic cooperation in the supply of diesel fuel for the needs of the Ukrainian economy.

"We understand that it is very difficult to solve the problem of lack of fuel exclusively by business forces.

Therefore, together with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal and the government team, they approved the decision to attract large oil companies to the Ukrainian market and sign direct long-term agreements with them," said Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Alexander Kubrakou.

In August 2021, the Government of Ukraine announced its intention to expand cooperation with Europe's largest Polish oil concern, ORLEN, to diversify the supply of energy resources and strengthen Ukraine's energy security.

The reason for the start of the negotiations was the statements of Russia and Belarus about the possible restriction of the supply of petroleum products to Ukraine.

Russia's war against Ukraine

  • At 5 o'clock in the morning on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the Donbass at the request of the "DPR" and "LPR" groups.

    On February 21, during a televised address to Russians, Putin called the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" independent states within the regions.

    On February 22, the Council of the Federation ratified this decision.

  • All days of the war, Ukrainian cities were bombarded with rockets, aircraft flew over them.

    Russian troops are attacking, including from the territory of Belarus, using airfields, bases and roads.

    Representatives of the Lukashenka regime justify the war, the opposition considers the territory of Belarus occupied and calls for resistance to the Russian invaders.

  • On February 27, the International Territorial Defense Legion was created in Ukraine, and foreign volunteers were invited to join it.

    Belarusians also entered there.

    During the three and a half months of war, six Belarusian volunteers and soldiers of the USU died at the front: Alyaksei "Tur" Skoblya, Ilya "Litvin" Hrenau, Zmytser "Terror" Apanasovich, Zmytser "Hans" Rubashevsky, Konstantin "Phoenix" Dubail, Pavel "Volat" , Ivan "Brest" Marchuk.

    In the battle where Marchuk was killed, another six Belarusian fighters disappeared without a trace.

  • On June 17, the fighters of the Kalinovsky regiment received the state Ukrainian awards "For combat merits" and "Ukraine above all".

  • On March 30, the UN approved the composition of an independent commission that will investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

    It included people who worked in the analysis of the genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Contrary to Putin's statements about attacks only on military facilities, the Russians are bombing schools, kindergartens and residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

    The Russians are using banned weapons, including cluster bombs, against civilians.

  • On April 1, Lithuania became the first country in the European Union to completely abandon Russian gas.

    Latvia and Estonia followed her example.

    Germany has promised to completely stop using Russian oil by the end of 2022.

  • On April 2, after the liberation of the town of Bucha near Kyiv, photojournalists published dozens of photographs showing hundreds of dead people, victims of mass murders committed by Russian troops.

    Many are buried in spontaneous mass graves.

    The Russian occupation also brought great destruction to the people of Barodyan.

    It is also known about a number of rapes, including babies.

  • In April, missile attacks on Ukraine and airstrikes from the territory of Belarus decreased, Russian troops began to leave Belarus.

  • On May 9, the US President signed the Land Leasing Law.

    This law restores the program from the Second World War, which will speed up the delivery of weapons to Ukraine and increase the amount of such assistance.

  • On the night of May 17, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Anna Malyar, confirmed the beginning of the operation to rescue the Ukrainian soldiers, who were trapped in the territory of "Azovstal".

    According to her, 53 seriously wounded were evacuated from there to the medical facility of occupied Novoazovsk.

    Another 211 people were brought to Alenivka through the humanitarian corridor.

    The Ministry of Defense of Russia states that almost 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers at the plant "surrendered" as of May 18.

    The International Red Cross officially registered these fighters as prisoners of war.

  • Since its inception, thousands of volunteers from 55 countries have joined the Foreign Legion, including Canada, the Baltic States, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, the USA, the Czech Republic, Finland and other countries.

    Several foreigners who fought for Ukraine were captured and died.

  • In June, the so-called "DPR" sentenced two volunteers from Great Britain and one from Morocco to death.

  • Since the beginning of the war, 34 journalists have died.

    Some did not perform professional functions, but were mobilized into the Ukrainian army.

  • On June 25, Ukrainian troops retreated from the city of Severodanetsk to fortified positions.

    The city was captured by the Russian military.

  • Independent verification of information about military actions provided by officials of various parties is still impossible.