The Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Yulia Sviridenko, said that a deficit arose in the country due to the fact that the Russian invaders destroyed the capacities of the Kremenchug Oil Refinery and a number of oil depots.

She said this at a meeting of the Presidium of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine.

According to her, market operators have 22.5 thousand tons of gasoline and 41.4 thousand tons of diesel fuel in their leftovers. However, the government is actively working to eliminate the deficit.

“We have adopted a number of government decisions that allow us to send the volumes available in the country – this is 70,000 tons of gasoline and about 40,000 tons of diesel – to the market, which should reduce the deficit,” Sviridenko said.

She also noted that there is excess demand in the oil products market, which may be caused by panic among the population due to a temporary shortage of fuel.

Recall that you can now find out which gas stations in Kiev have gasoline on the online map . Now, before going to the gas station, you can find it on a special map and check if there is gasoline there and how much fuel you can get for one car.

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