On March 26, the Cabinet of Ministers by its resolution limited the price of the so-called " This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

“Today the Government has taken another step to stabilize the fuel market. A resolution was adopted regulating that the price of the so-called " Thus, we eliminate the possibility for some gas stations to set unreasonably high prices,” the head of government noted..

At the same time, he stressed that the pricing formula for premium fuel established by the Cabinet of Ministers allows fuel companies to receive a fair margin, which means they continue to work.. Shmyhal also recalled that earlier the government and parliament took a number of steps to stabilize gasoline prices and saturate the market with enough fuel..

“Already now we can say with confidence that these decisions have brought results.. Prices decreased by 5-10 hryvnias, and fuel reappeared at many gas stations. Thousands of tons of fuel left Europe for Ukraine,” he stressed..

Recall, on the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - from February 7, Belarus began to block the transportation of oil products loaded at the stations of the Lithuanian Railways by rail. After that, Ukrainian gas stations were forced to switch to Belarusian fuel..

In mid-March, the Prime Minister announced that Ukraine was establishing new supply chains for gasoline and diesel and was negotiating with the world's largest companies..

At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers agreed on the abolition of value added tax and excise duty on fuel, and a few days later the Verkhovna Rada adopted the necessary bill.

On March 19, it became known that Ukraine imported the first thousand tons of fuel from Europe to replace supplies from Belarus.

On March 19, gas stations massively reduced fuel prices. The average price of A-92 decreased by 7.86 UAH/l, to 33.69 UAH/l, A-95 – by 7.84 UAH/l, to 34.42 UAH/l, and the price of diesel fuel – to 37.17.