Russian senior official: EU and Britain are on the brink of a fuel crisis, may have to impose rationing.

The Russian President's special representative responsible for foreign investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriyev, recently said on social media that the EU and the UK will face a fuel crisis in the next two to three weeks, and will be forced to implement a rationing system to control supply. "According to forecasts, the UK and the EU are on the brink of implementing fuel rationing. The crisis will become clear in the next two to three weeks," Dmitriyev wrote on Platform X on the 21st, adding "reality is harsh." He also posted a photo of the President of the EU Commission, von der Leyen, and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Borrell, together. "Remember them when you're at the gas station," he wrote. The US and Israel launched a military strike against Iran on February 28, causing severe turmoil in the Middle East, leading to violent fluctuations in the global energy market and shortages of oil and gas supplies in many countries, causing prices to soar. European countries were already experiencing natural gas supply tensions due to the Ukraine crisis and a significant reduction in Russian energy imports, and now the situation has worsened. Although the International Energy Agency's 32 member countries recently agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil stocks, industry analysts believe that this amount can only fill the gap in oil supply caused by the US-Israel-Iran conflict for about 20 days, which is like a drop in the bucket. The price of aviation fuel in the European market has soared to around $220 per barrel, leading to a significant increase in ticket prices; the average retail price of gasoline in the US has increased by over $1 since February 28, reaching around $4 per gallon.