Voloshyn: Russians planning to transport fuel to Crimea using civilian vehicles to avoid Ukrainian strikes
This was stated in a comment to Ukrinform by Vladyslav Voloshyn, Spokesperson for the Defense Forces of the South.
“The command of the Dnepr Group of Forces has issued an order to use civilian transport to move fuel along the R-280 highway. This is because Ukraine’s Defense Forces are striking fuel tankers, and the fuel is not reaching Russian units,” Voloshyn said.
He specified that Russian forces intend to use confiscated civilian vehicles seized from transportation companies, delivery services, and postal operators. The vehicles reportedly include bread delivery trucks, cargo trucks used for food transportation, and vehicles normally employed for delivering medical supplies.
“They will be loaded with fuel containers ranging from 20 to 1,000 liters. Drivers of such vehicles are prohibited from wearing military uniforms,” he noted.
Voloshyn stressed that this constitutes the deliberate use of civilian infrastructure for military purposes and an attempt to disguise military supply logistics as civilian traffic.
“In other words, this is yet another violation of the rules of warfare,” he said.
As reported by Ukrinform, fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil-refining industry have spread to 15 regions of Russia, including Moscow and Saint Petersburg, as well as several Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine.
Photo provided by V. Voloshyn
