Fuel analyst Serhii Kuiun and OKKO gas station chain executive Vasyl Dmytriv told NV on Oct. 5 that most Russian-hit Ukrainian gas stations have been restored, with no shortage reported, but costs are rising. NV found out how fuel companies are adapting to regular Russian air attacks and what price they pay for it.
Ukrainian stations have recently become a target of Russian missile and drone attacks. In Kyiv alone, and only in September, Russian forces attacked facilities of the largest network, state-owned Ukrnafta, six times.
Total losses of the OKKO fuel network since the start of the full-scale invasion have already exceeded $150 million. Besides direct damage, there are also the costs of restoration and subsequent safe operation, Vasyl Dmytriv, the company's vice president for marketing and development, told NV.
"Since 2022, more than 80 of our filling stations and more than 10 oil depots, both our own and those where we stored fuel, have come under attack," Dmytriv said. In the first half of 2026, Russia damaged or destroyed more than 300 gas stations, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
At the same time, according to the observations of Serhii Kuiun, director of the consulting company A-95, about 80% of gas stations are being restored. So there is currently no talk of any fuel shortage.
At OKKO, according to Dmytriv, more than 90% of damaged filling stations have already resumed operations. Some were put back into service within one to two days after an attack.
Gas station networks are now strengthening the engineering protection of their sites. They are installing sand-filled gabions, applying armor film to windows, building protection for fuel dispensers and, in some places, installing anti-drone nets.
According to Vasyl Dmytriv, OKKO’s vice president of marketing, more than 90% of the damaged gas stations have already resumed operations. OKKO’s total losses since the start of the full-scale invasion have already exceeded $150 million.
According to Vasyl Dmytriv, OKKO’s vice president of marketing, more than 90% of the damaged gas stations have already resumed operations. OKKO’s total losses since the start of the full-scale invasion have already exceeded $150 million.
In addition, as OKKO explained, the company has long tried to disperse its fuel stocks as widely as possible. This model is more expensive, Dmytriv said, but it makes it possible to minimize risks and keep fuel supply stable. At the same time, because of attacks on the railway and other logistics, fuel delivery times have changed from one to three days to five to seven days. This also raises costs.
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