29 january 2026 — 16:39
The Lithuanian Cabinet of Ministers has agreed with the Customs Department's proposal and approved a ban on the entry of vehicles from Russia and Belarus with more than 200 liters of fuel in their tanks, TASS reports. The decision was approved at a government meeting, the Cabinet's press service reported.
The department claims that the "excess fuel" in the tanks is "drained for sale." It proposed setting the fueling limit at 200 liters.
According to the department, on average, about 200 trucks with Russian and Belarusian registration enter Lithuania per day, 7,100 per month.
The department calculated that if 500 liters of diesel fuel is illegally drained from one truck, that would amount to 100,000 liters per day. As a result, the state would lose €2.2 million in unpaid taxes per month.