Russia's fuel crisis is spreading from occupied Crimea into Moscow, St. Petersburg, Belgorod, Kursk, occupied Luhansk, and other regions after repeated Ukrainian strikes on refineries, fuel tankers, ferries, logistics routes, and energy infrastructure. The video follows the crisis day by day from June 1 through June 6, showing how fuel shortages, rationing, black market gasoline, damaged rail ferries, unsafe roads, and drone attacks on supply trucks are disrupting Russian-occupied territories and exposing the limits of Moscow's control. The discussion also connects the fuel crisis to Russia's wider economic pressure: refinery runs falling to a 16-year low, the budget deficit growing despite higher oil revenue, military spending becoming harder to sustain, electricity exports to China weakening, St. Petersburg forum embarrassment, missing economic officials, business closures, medical shortages, food panic, and Putin's claim that Russia's economy has merely fallen to Europe's level. The result is a picture of a war economy under pressure from both Ukrainian strikes and Russia's own structural weaknesses. 00:00 Russia Starts Running Out of Gas 00:18 Ukraine's Refinery Strikes Hit Record Levels 00:45 Crimea's Fuel Crisis and Collapsing Logistics 02:26 The Kremlin Starts Preparing Russians for Bad News 03:01 Gas Lines, Horse Taxis, and Black Market Fuel 04:26 Oil Revenue Spikes but the Budget Still Bleeds 06:28 War Spending and China's Energy Shift Add Pressure 07:24 Fuel Limits Reach Moscow and Other Russian Regions 09:37 Coupons, Empty Pumps, and Medical Shortages 10:32 St. Petersburg Forum Exposes the Economic Reality 12:43 Refining Collapse and Regional Fuel Restrictions 14:20 Siphoned Gas, Drone Blockades, and Business Closures 16:11 Coupon Fuel Turns Into Food Panic 17:09 Putin Denies the Economic Damage 18:20 Contraband Gas Shows the Real Price of the Crisis #ProfessorGerdes #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar #Putin Facts over noise. Context over headlines. Truth over talking points. ***** To support me as as I provide Ukraine war context: ***** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorGerdesExplains Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/professorgerdes Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/professorgerdes YouTube Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/@Professor-Gerdes/membership 🇺🇸 Contact the White House to express your support for Ukraine https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ *****IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE DIRECT AID TO UKRAINE: ***** 🇺🇦 I have partnered with Greg Terry for all donations to Ukraine. He has raised and delivered more than a quarter of a million dollars of aid to date. To directly support this effort of delivering necessary provisions to the front lines, click on these links (and then watch him give your donations to soldiers on the front lines on his channel): https://www.youtube.com/@GregTerryExperience Amazon Shopping List USA/North America (Shop and send to UKRAINE AID c/o Bethel Life's Gift Registry Address) https://a.co/iodWsUK Amazon Shopping List for EU/UK https://www.amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/... Direct Link for Financial Giving via our 501(c)(3) Tax-Deductible in the USA https://www.gregterry.org/donate.html Link for Greg's 501(c)(3) EIN Information https://www.gregterry.org/donate.html 🇺🇸 Alternatively, you may choose to donate to Samaritan’s Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/ukraine-response/?utm_source=FY22UkraineResponseVanityURL&utm_medium=direct&utm_campaign=m_YUKR-22L3&utm_content=Ukraine-Response-Redirect%20%20 🇺🇦 If you wish to support the Ukrainian Army, give directly to United 24. Follow this link: https://u24.gov.ua/ ***BUY SOMETHING TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE *** 🇺🇦 If you purchase from Saint Javelin with my link below, a cut of the proceeds will go directly to humanitarian aid for soldiers (bandages, tourniquets, etc.). I don't get the revenue. It goes to buy medical supplies from UnitewithUkraine.com. Use this link: https://www.saintjavelin.com/en-us?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Gerdes 🇺🇸 This is the absolute CHEAPEST THING YOU CAN DO to support Ukraine (This is NOT MY SITE) https://amzn.to/4aPtwQr - Just support the war effort somehow. 🇺🇦 I wrote a book about Ukraine's president Zelenskyy which I have updated for the first 4-5 months of the war in Ukraine: It is free if you have Amazon Kindle Unlimited or $9.99 otherwise: https://amzn.to/3Q2wnyE 🇺🇦 If you cannot give or buy, you can like, share, and pray for the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇸 Please leave comments and tell me how I can help you gain more perspective. You can contact me @Dr_Gerdes on Twitter or email professorgerdesyt@gmail.com #UKRAINE #UKRAINERUSSIAWAR #UKRAINEWAR
