Shortages of fuel across Russia stemming from Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries have sparked escalating violence at gas stations, including a shooting in Chelyabinsk where a driver fired a traumatic pistol at another man over a queuing dispute, leaving the victim hospitalized with a stomach wound. In a separate incident, alleged Wagner PMC fighters attacked a journalist at a Yekaterinburg gas station after he photographed a fuel queue, highlighting how the crisis is fraying public order and triggering confrontations.