Reports are emerging from Crimea of food shortages and restrictions on sales in shops
Food shortages are being reported on the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula. Local residents say that sugar, cereals, flour, salt and pasta have disappeared from shop shelves.
Some retail chains have already introduced restrictions on the sale of certain goods to individual customers. This is reportedly fuelling panic among the population.
Among the reasons cited for the situation are not only rising demand due to the significant number of migrants and military personnel brought in by Russia, but also logistical problems. It is noted that Crimea is increasingly becoming an isolated enclave.
It is reported that the Crimean Bridge can no longer fully fulfil its function as the main transport artery. Sea routes are under constant threat, and land transport through the occupied territories regularly comes within range of Ukrainian drones.
Despite this, the occupying authorities are not providing any public explanations regarding the situation and continue to claim that the situation is stable. At the same time, residents of the peninsula are increasingly facing empty shelves, restrictions on the purchase of goods and rising prices for essential goods.
The Centre for National Resistance believes that Russia is gradually losing the ability to supply the occupied peninsula at the usual levels. They note that it is becoming increasingly difficult for Crimea to obtain fuel, goods and other resources, and the consequences of these logistical difficulties are already being felt by the peninsula’s residents.
