In early July, the Russians destroyed the last operating gas station in Nikopol. Now, residents of the city travel to Dnipro or other settlements to refuel – this takes both time and additional money. Some Nikopol residents have already given up their own cars and switched to public transport.
Rebuilding stationary gas stations in the city is dangerous due to constant shelling. Nikopol is not an exception for the Dnipropetrovsk region: the problem of losing fuel infrastructure is particularly acute there.
Mobile refueling complexes for the legal sale of fuel in places where stationary stations are destroyed or dangerous to operate are being considered as a solution. This approach has already been tested: in the Trostyanets community in Sumy region, after stationary gas stations were damaged, fuel is dispensed from tanker trucks.
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, together with the State Tax Service, representatives of local authorities, and the fuel business, is preparing a relevant draft law. This was reported by People's Deputy Olha Vasylevska-Smaglyuk, citing Deputy Minister of Finance Svitlana Vorobey. The working group will collect proposals for the document in the near future, after which it is planned to submit it to the Verkhovna Rada.
If the legislative changes are adopted, mobile gas stations will be able to operate in other frontline communities – including in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
