Vehicles waiting to enter gas stations stretch endlessly along the roads.
This is the current scene in Russia, which has fallen into a fuel crisis following Ukraine's attacks on its oil refineries.
[Voice: I have been waiting for 12 hours.]
[Voice: This is my fifth hour.]
Exhausted by the wait, citizens are engaging in physical altercations to get fuel first, and portable toilets have even been set up around gas stations.
[Interview: Pavel Stepanov / Content Creator: The government provides no information to the people and fails to solve the problem. All they do is set up portable toilets.]
For several months, Ukraine has been focusing its drone strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Recently, even an oil refinery near the capital, Moscow, was engulfed in flames.
With more than 20% of its refining facilities suspended, Russia, the world's second-largest oil exporter, has been reduced to importing gasoline from countries like India.
Fuel purchase restrictions have been imposed in nearly 60 regions, and the Crimean Peninsula has even implemented a rationing system.
Thieves stealing fuel from parked vehicles are rampant in many areas.
[Interview: Diana Shukevich / Victim of theft: It has become dangerous to park cars on the street now. They cut the hose and stole 20 liters of gasoline.]
In some regions, local government heads are personally stepping forward to urge residents to refrain from driving.
[Interview: Mayor of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky: I am walking home from work. Please do not drive unless it is absolutely necessary until everything returns to normal.]
President Vladimir Putin unusually admitted late last month that the oil shortage is a consequence of the war in Ukraine.
However, as no solution to end the war has been presented, public frustration continues to mount.
Reported by Kim Young-ah | Written by Kim Da-yeon | Video by Kim Jong-tae | Produced by SBS Digital News
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