Russian occupiers continue to look for new ways to covertly supply fuel to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular, they have begun to transport fuel in plastic tanks, which are placed inside grain trucks, and for camouflage they are filled with grain and covered with awnings.
This was announced by the National Resistance Center (NRC), Ukrainian News Agency reports.
The Center notes that such a scheme is intended to hide military logistics from detection and create the impression that the transport is transporting ordinary civilian cargo.
In fact, the russian military uses civilian transport as a cover to provide its own units with fuel.
"Such actions endanger the civilian population and drivers, as vehicles with concealed military cargo become a legitimate military target. The use of civilian objects to disguise military logistics is a gross violation of international humanitarian law," the report says.
The NRC adds that such cases indicate the russian army's increasing problems with delivering fuel to the front.
Due to constant logistics losses, the occupiers are forced to resort to hidden transportation schemes, hiding behind civilian infrastructure and creating an additional threat to civilians in the occupied territories.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, according to the NRC, the fuel crisis is paralyzing the cities of occupied Crimea.
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