“As of May 2025, more than 400 illegal gas stations operated in Ukraine, more than half of which are concentrated in Lviv, Odesa, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. People’s deputy Danylo Hetmantsev reported this at the results of the meeting of the tax committee. According to him, after the committee appealed to the Bureau of Economic Security and the National Police, law enforcement officers conducted inspections, seized”, — write on: ua.news
As of May 2025, more than 400 illegal gas stations operated in Ukraine, more than half of which are concentrated in Lviv, Odesa, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
People’s deputy Danylo Hetmantsev reported this at the results of the meeting of the tax committee.
According to him, after the committee appealed to the Bureau of Economic Security and the National Police, law enforcement officers conducted inspections, seized fuel, initiated the cancellation of part of the licenses and dismantled equipment at several facilities. At the same time, the deputy noted, most of these “barrels” continue to work.
“We conducted our own monitoring and discovered dozens of gas stations that are still selling fuel without checks and licenses – even after the opening of criminal proceedings,” Hetmantsev said.
He emphasized that the worst situation is observed in Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv regions, calling them “black spots of the fuel market”.
“The BEB and the Prosecutor General’s Office must show real results, not just reports on paper,” the People’s Deputy concluded.
In Ukraine the future is predicted an increase in diesel fuel prices, which may amount to another 2.5 hryvnias per liter.
