My understanding is that they’re refined in different parts of the refinery. The drones Ukraine uses don’t carry large payloads; they rely on igniting whatever they hit. Diesel and crude are far less volatile than gasoline, so you’re more likely to cause a big fire by hitting the gasoline-processing part of the refinery. If you throw a match into a puddle of diesel or crude, nothing happens. Refining gasoline is also more complex and sensitive process and thus easier to disrupt. Russia mostly refines gasoline for domestic needs, whereas diesel is kept in much larger storage - so striking gasoline refining capacity has a quicker impact on supply lines and is felt by the common people.
Tanks run on diesel though. Ukraine is hitting the gasoline refineries and storage.
Tanks are used as glorified personnel carriers since they get blown up by drones upon reaching the front line.
What really matters is the last mile delivery and Russians have used trucks, cars, motorcycles, etc. whatever they had to deliver ammo
Refineries make all types of fuel, it’s kinda how they work.
My understanding is that they’re refined in different parts of the refinery. The drones Ukraine uses don’t carry large payloads; they rely on igniting whatever they hit. Diesel and crude are far less volatile than gasoline, so you’re more likely to cause a big fire by hitting the gasoline-processing part of the refinery. If you throw a match into a puddle of diesel or crude, nothing happens. Refining gasoline is also more complex and sensitive process and thus easier to disrupt. Russia mostly refines gasoline for domestic needs, whereas diesel is kept in much larger storage - so striking gasoline refining capacity has a quicker impact on supply lines and is felt by the common people.