The Russian army takes out gas stations of Ukrainian network operators: losses will be put into gasoline

The Russian army is using retaliatory tactics, which are now aimed at gas stations. Companies will have to include these losses in the cost of fuel.

"Why is the situation unusual and complicated? Every day there is news about attacks on the fuel infrastructure. Previously, these were oil bases, now there is daily news about burning gas stations. It seems that this is not an accident," Sergey Kuyun, director of the A—95 consulting group, writes in enkorr.

In his opinion, this is a new tactic of the Russian army.

"How to restore oil depots and gas stations? This also creates pressure on margins, and very much," the expert notes, saying that the rise in fuel prices, which has already risen by 30-50%, will continue in Ukraine.

Sergey Kuyun notes that the companies' margins have collapsed, which sooner or later should recover in order for the business to be profitable.

"Prices will rise. By the way, this is fully consistent with the recent recommendations of the Antimonopoly Committee to focus on market factors. Today they point to the need to raise prices. Will it happen? It is not a fact that the whole spring will align. The market is under strong pressure from the government, represented by Ukrnafta. The largest network trades without profit on behalf of the government, and we see that this affects. I think while this is going on, we can forget about the previous margin parameters," the expert added.