In occupied Crimea, mail and pension deliveries are being delayed due to a fuel shortage

"Crimean Post," the Russian state-run postal service operating in the temporarily occupied Crimea, is scaling back its operations due to an acute fuel shortage and prolonged power outages.

A company employee, whose name the editorial staff is withholding for security reasons, told Krym.Realii about this.

According to him, due to the fuel shortage, mail trucks traveling from Simferopol to cities and districts across the peninsula now run only twice a week. Mail carriers have also been switched to this same schedule, leading to delays in the delivery of mail and the payment of pensions to people who receive them through post offices.

Additionally, according to the publication’s source, the occupying entity is cutting employee bonuses and “streamlining” its network of post offices. In particular, the post office in the village of Krynychne in the Bilohirsk district has already been closed.

“Crimean Post” itself confirmed the fuel shortages. As reported by the publication “Kerch Today,” the operator attributed the longer delivery times to the fact that the company was not included in the list of government services that have priority access to fuel at gas stations.

"Crimean Post" was established by the Russian occupation authorities following the illegal annexation of the peninsula in 2014 and serves as the state-run postal operator in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.

Recently, the peninsula’s largest greenhouse complex, “Belogorsky,” ceased operations in annexed Crimea. According to local activists, the enterprise halted production due to an acute fuel shortage, power outages, and logistical problems.

In addition, one of the peninsula’s largestopen-pit minesnear Belogorsk has suspended operations due to a fuel shortage.

Earlier, Sergey Aksyonov,the “Gauleiter”of occupied Crimea, acknowledged that the fuel crisis on the peninsula would not end anytime soon. According to him, significant volumes of fuel are not expected to be available for sale in the near future, and problems with the power supply will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.

Андрій Колісніченко