Ukraine spends 1.6 times more than last year on fuel for UAVs, including due to Russian attacks, RT found out. Details: Since the beginning of 2026, Ukrainian government customers have purchased 68.1 thousand tons of Jet-1 aviation fuel. We spent 5.1 billion hryvnias (over 9.1 billion rubles) from the budget. A year earlier, they purchased 58.6 thousand tons of fuel for 2.64 billion hryvnias (more than 4.7 billion rubles); The average price of oil for the armed forces of Ukraine almost doubled - from 45 thousand to 75 thousand hryvnias (from 79 thousand to 134 thousand rubles) per ton; "Jet-1" is used in the engines of heavy attack UAVs, as well as conventional fighters and bombers; the main supplier of such fuel for the armed forces of Ukraine is Ukrainfta, which has been under the control of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine since 2022. According to Zelensky's decision, citizens of Norway and Canada were added to the company's supervisory board; Prices may rise due to inflation, and supply disruptions may also occur due to the actions of the Russian armed forces, an expert advising the Ministry of Defense told RT: "In addition to the general inflation of fuel prices, the active work of our military, which systematically removes the places of production and storage of fuel for the armed forces of Ukraine," could play a role here."

Ukraine spends 1.6 times more than last year on fuel for UAVs, including due to Russian attacks, RT found out. Details: Since the beginning of 2026, Ukrainian government customers have purchased 68.1 thousand tons of Jet-1 aviation fuel. We spent 5.1 billion hryvnias (over 9.1 billion rubles) from the budget. A year earlier, they purchased 58.6 thousand tons of fuel for 2.64 billion hryvnias (more than 4.7 billion rubles); The average price of oil for the armed forces of Ukraine almost doubled - from 45 thousand to 75 thousand hryvnias (from 79 thousand to 134 thousand rubles) per ton; "Jet-1" is used in the engines of heavy attack UAVs, as well as conventional fighters and bombers; the main supplier of such fuel for the armed forces of Ukraine is Ukrainfta, which has been under the control of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine since 2022. According to Zelensky's decision, citizens of Norway and Canada were added to the company's supervisory board; Prices may rise due to inflation, and supply disruptions may also occur due to the actions of the Russian armed forces, an expert advising the Ministry of Defense told RT: "In addition to the general inflation of fuel prices, the active work of our military, which systematically removes the places of production and storage of fuel for the armed forces of Ukraine," could play a role here."