Indian diesel from Russian oil went well to Ukraine

Indian diesel from Russian oil returned to Ukraine. It comes through Romania and Turkey.

"In July 2025, India became the largest supplier of diesel fuel in Ukraine," the Ukrainian specialized edition of Naftorynok reports with reference to its own analytical issue of OilMarket Daily Fuels&LPG.

They noted that the resource of Indian origin came to Ukraine is mainly from Romania — by tanker deliveries along the Danube.

"Situationally, the sanctions channel through the Turkish OPET terminal in the port of Marmara Ereglisi also remains open," Naftorynok writes.

According to him, the average daily volume of imports of Indian-made diesel fuel in July amounted to about 2.7 thousand tons, or 15.5% of all purchases. This is one of the highest rates in 2025 — commensurate with April's 15.9%, noted in the "Naftorynke".

In general, for the first seven months of the year, the share of Indian diesel fuel in the Ukrainian market reached 10.2%. This is more than five times higher than last year (1.9%).

"At the same time, in terms of physical volumes, India's revenues are still significantly inferior to Turkish and Greek supplies," the specialized publication writes.

How does Indian diesel officially get through Romania and Turkey to Ukraine, unknown. The Ministry of Trade and Industry of India reports in its statistics that 137 thousand tons of diesel fuel were delivered to Romania in April-May, and in Turkey — 665 tons. There were no deliveries in June, according to the Indian department.