Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war

At a petrol station in the south-east of Moscow, Svyatoslav has been queuing in his car for two hours.

The sign board up ahead has just been changed to show there's no fuel.

"They say there will be petrol here," Svyatoslav tells me optimistically. "They just don't know when. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow."

I ask him why he doesn't drive off and look for another place to fill up.

"I haven't got enough in the tank to do that," Svyatoslav replies.

Even if he had, there'd be no quick fuel fix for Svyatoslav. This week across Moscow, and in other parts of Russia, there have been long queues for petrol.

"Unscheduled repairs at oil refineries," explain Russian officials.

Those repairs have been triggered by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil facilities. Such long-range attacks sparked major fuel shortages earlier this summer. The targeting of oil refineries has continued apace.