Fuel stations in Russian-controlled Crimea stopped selling fuel to individuals and businesses from 9:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, the Russian-installed governor said.
Sergei Aksyonov said on Telegram that the restriction applied to cash, non-cash and voucher purchases.
He said fuel would only be supplied to government agencies responsible for ensuring the functioning and security of the peninsula.
No timeframe was immediately given for how long the restrictions would remain in place.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had struck an oil depot in the Crimean city of Kerch and an oil transport facility in Russia's Krasnodar region overnight.
Five people were killed and 28 wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea, Aksyonov said.
Authorities said ferry services across the Kerch Strait, which separates Crimea from Russia's Krasnodar region, had been temporarily suspended.
The latest attacks come after Ukraine's military struck railway bridges in Crimea on 19 June.
Ukraine has intensified attacks on Russian-occupied areas in southern Ukraine and Crimea in an effort to disrupt Moscow's logistics.
Crimea, annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, has faced repeated attacks on its transport and supply routes during the war.
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One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a fresh attack on Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Houthis killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said late Monday that it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group toward Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
The Houthi movement has escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting the airport in Riyadh and other cities, killing more than a dozen people.
The Kremlin on Monday rejected a 60-day ceasefire idea proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow his country to hold presidential elections, saying it wanted an overall peace deal instead.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine, showing Moscow is unwilling to accept the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined high school students protesting outside a school in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Tuesday, as a wave of student demonstrations continues across France.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a newly opened defence museum displaying weapons developed under his leadership, including an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers are set to discuss measures to tackle transboundary haze during preparatory meetings ahead of the ASEAN summit in November, as forest and land fires in Indonesia continue to affect air quality across the region, the Philippines said on Tuesday.
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