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As of 18 August 2026, the largest filling station chains in Ukraine have updated fuel prices. The average cost of A-95 gasoline is about 78,56 UAH per liter, diesel – 92,20 UAH per liter. This was reported by «Glavcom».
What is happening with fuel prices
The largest filling station chains in Ukraine have updated fuel prices. Compared with the previous day, fuel prices across all chains remained unchanged. At the same time, Socar lowered prices for A-95, A-95+ and A-100 gasoline by 2 UAH per liter.
Currently the most expensive fuel is offered by OKKO, WOG and Socar networks, while the lowest prices traditionally remain at BRCM-Nafta and Ukrnafta filling stations.
Fuel prices as of 18 August 2026 (UAH per liter)
Fuel Network
A95
A95+
Diesel
Diesel+
A100
A92
Gas
78,90
80,90
89,90
91,90
87,90
–
42,90
82,90
85,90
93,90
96,90
92,90
–
43,90
82,90
85,90
93,90
96,90
92,90
–
44,50
77,90
82,30
91,90
94,60
88,20
75,90
42,50
83,40
86,40
95,90
98,90
93,40
–
43,90
78,90
81,90
89,90
91,90
–
76,90
42,90
64,99
77,99
89,99
91,99
–
–
40,99
Cashback on fuel
The program ran from 20 March to 31 May 2026 as a temporary anti-crisis support mechanism for citizens amid a significant rise in fuel prices. According to Svyrydenko, 2,3 million Ukrainians used it. Program participants received compensation of 15% of the cost of diesel fuel, 10% for gasoline and 5% for autogas.
Is Ukraine threatened with a diesel fuel shortage?
Ukraine entered the top ten countries in the world with the highest rates of diesel fuel price growth against the backdrop of the war in the Middle East. Diesel prices in the country increased by 33,9%. Although this corresponds to the global trend, the figure remains lower than in a number of Asian countries.
At the same time, the director of consulting group A-95, Serhiy Kuyun, emphasized that there is no diesel fuel shortage on the market and none is expected in the near future. According to him, in March supply volumes remained at last year’s level.
Why prices change at filling stations
The head of the Antimonopoly Committee, Pavlo Kyrylenko, explained that the rise in gasoline and diesel prices in Ukraine is due not only to the war in the Middle East but primarily to the long-term consequences of the shutdown of the country’s largest oil refinery. At the same time, he said, additional factors also affect the market.
“The main objective factor that influenced the price increase is that after the shutdown of the largest and virtually the only oil refinery in Ukraine, more than 85% of light petroleum products depend on imports,” Kyrylenko said.
The director of energy programs at the Razumkov Centre, Volodymyr Omelchenko, told «Glavcom» that the fuel market situation remains difficult not only because of global oil prices but also due to domestic regulatory decisions that are gradually pushing out small market participants. In his view, Ukrainian filling station networks operate with higher margins than European traders, yet regulators are slow to step in.
Meanwhile, the president of the Association «Gas Traders of Ukraine», Andriy Myzovets, believes that the rise in petroleum product prices triggered a chain effect in the natural gas market. He said speculative fluctuations on the oil market have already caused a significant increase in gas prices at European hubs, complicating preparations for the heating season and storage filling.
In a comment to «Glavcom», the expert also noted that the current situation in the fuel and energy market is largely driven by psychological moods and speculative factors, not by a real resource shortage. In his view, the government should abandon populist measures like the “fuel cashback” and focus on the tax component of fuel cost, which is squarely within the state’s competence.
Also, international energy and security relations expert Mykhailo Honchar explained to «Glavcom» that the fuel price increase in Ukraine is mainly linked to rising prices on the European petroleum products market, from which the country imports most gasoline and diesel. Russian attacks on port infrastructure, which complicate logistics, additionally affect the cost.
Other factors driving fuel price increases:
increased demand volumes and reduced supply volumes and stocks;
rising actual purchase costs of petroleum products and forecasts of further growth in production costs of petroleum products;
increased cost of logistics services;
inability to compare terms and volumes of fuel storage within Ukraine.
The Antimonopoly Committee reported the results of its market inspection
The Antimonopoly Committee currently sees no monopolistic actions in Ukraine’s fuel market. Committee head Pavlo Kyrylenko said this during a plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada.
According to Kyrylenko, the Antimonopoly Committee collected and analyzed a large amount of data to form an “objective picture of the situation” and record main market trends. This made it possible to track a sharp rise in imported fuel prices after the escalation in the Middle East.
From 26 February to 31 March, according to Platts statistics, diesel prices rose by 86%, and import prices by 58%, while filling station prices, according to the AMCU head, rose by only 39%. “At the same time average filling station prices in Ukraine rose more slowly: gasoline by 16%, diesel by 39%,” he said.
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