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Due to the shortage of fuel in Ukraine, some gas station chains have introduced restrictions on fuel sales. You also need to have mobile applications to be able to fill up more gasoline.
Such small obstacles are made so that as many people as possible who need it get fuel. Sergei Kuyun, director of the A-95 Consulting Group, told Channel 24 about this.
According to him, if the free sale of fuel is allowed now, gas stations will be empty in an hour.
“Today, one director of a large network told me that people go to gas stations with 200-liter empty barrels. However, they don’t even think how they can be carried away,” Kuyun said.
That is, the human factor is triggered .
The main thing about the shortage of fuel
- In recent days, there has been a shortage of fuel at gas stations in Ukraine. However, experts are convinced that there will be enough fuel for important categories of society – the army and the business that supplies goods.
- On April 29, the Ministry of Economy announced that the shortage will disappear in a week. However, the price of fuel may increase.
- On April 29, the Ministry of Economy assured that the problem with the deficit would be resolved in a week, although prices would increase slightly. At the same time, experts believe that it will take more time to resolve the problem.
- The A-95 Consulting Group estimates that it will take about a month for the situation to normalize. That is, by June 2022, the situation with fuel will be better.
- The government also promises to bring 70,000 tons of gasoline and 40,000 tons of diesel to the market in the near future. Continuous cooperation with partners to solve the fuel shortage problem continues.
Note that Ukraine supplies fuel mainly from Poland, Romania and Slovakia. However, Western European countries that have not previously supplied us with oil have recently appeared among the importers.
Attention! Various energy experts call state regulation from the state the main problem of the deficit. Now the choice is between accepted prices, but with a shortage of fuel and high prices with full tanks.
