"12시간 기다려" 시민들 육탄전.."정부 뭐하냐" 최악 덮친 러시아 (에디터픽) / SBS

Vehicles trying to enter a gas station are lined up endlessly along the road. This is the scene in Russia, which is facing a fuel shortage following attacks on oil refineries by Ukraine. [I have waited 12 hours.] [It has been 5 hours.] Exhausted from waiting, citizens are engaging in hand-to-hand combat to be the first to fill up, and portable toilets have even been set up around gas stations. [Pavel Stefano / Content Creator: The government neither provides information to the people nor solves the problem. All they do is set up portable toilets.] Ukraine has been launching concentrated drone strikes on Russian oil refineries for months. Recently, even an oil refinery near the capital, Moscow, was engulfed in flames. With more than 20% of refining facilities shut down, Russia, the world's second-largest crude oil exporter, is now in a position where it must import gasoline from countries like India due to a shortage. Fuel purchase restrictions have been imposed in nearly 60 regions, and the Crimean Peninsula has gone so far as to implement a rationing system. Thieves stealing gasoline from parked cars are running rampant in many places. [Diana Shukevich / Victim of theft: It has become dangerous to park on the side of the road now. They cut the hose and stole 20 liters of gasoline.] In some regions, local government heads are personally stepping forward to appeal for people to refrain from driving. [Mayor Ilimsky of Zheleznogorsk: I am walking home from work. Please do not drive unless absolutely necessary until everything returns to normal.] Late last month, President Putin unusually admitted that the crude oil shortage is a consequence of the war in Ukraine. However, as he has not offered a solution to end the war, citizens' dissatisfaction is soaring. (Reporting: Kim Young-ah, Composition: Kim Da-yeon, Video Editing: Kim Jong-tae, Production: Digital News Department) #Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky #Gas #GasStation Copyright Ⓒ SBS. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use of AI learning are prohibited.