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Rail Service Suspended in Parts of Crimea After Deadly Drone Attack on ... June 8, 2026 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Rail service across parts of annexed Crimea was suspended on Monday following a deadly Ukrainian drone attack on a passenger train locomotive, while a separate strike killed two farm workers in Russia ’s Kursk region. Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed governor of Crimea, said that an assistant train driver was killed and the lead driver was wounded when a drone struck a train traveling from Moscow to Simferopol, the peninsula’s second-largest city. Aksyonov, who did not specify where the train came under attack, said no passengers were harmed. He said authorities were arranging buses to transport the stranded passengers to their destinations. The Southern Suburban Passenger Company, which operates rail services on the peninsula, later announced the suspension of rail service along multiple routes to and from Simferopol. Local media reported that the only remaining rail link from Crimea to the Russian mainland is via the Kerch bridge, with passengers currently being shuttled to the crossing by bus. Meanwhile, in Russia, Kursk region Governor Alex…

❗️ Russia halted passenger rail service to occupied Crimea amid Ukrainian drone attacks. Grand Service Express claimed the locomotive of Moscow-Simferopol train No. 68 was damaged overnight, killing the assistant driver and injuring the driver. Explosions were also reported near airfields. #Crimea

💥 BREAKING: Russia’s “invincible” Moscow-Simferopol railway in occupied Crimea just got absolutely bodied by a Ukrainian drone. Service suspended, all passengers evacuated. 10+ trains between Russia and Crimea canceled. Ukrainian drones throw the best fireworks show! 🔥 #SlavaUkraini #CrimeanWind

How Russia Targets Trains In Effort 'To Paralyze' Ukraine's Logistics Share Share Glass crunched underfoot as the RFE/RL camera operator passed through the charred carriage. At the end of the corridor, twisted wreckage smoldered. The Russian attack on a passenger train atShostka, in northeastern Ukraine, on October 4, was the latest in a series of strikes at trains and rail infrastructure which have caused deaths, damage, and disruption. "Russia's desire is obvious: to paralyze Ukrainian logistics, because a significant portion of cargo, including military cargo, uses rail transport," former Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said in an interview withRFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service. “We have seen strikes on railway depots, and rolling stock has also been damaged. Railway substations are the target of constant attacks,” he added. Ukraine’s rail network, and keeping it running, have been a major source of national pride, economic necessity, humanitarian transport, and a critical lifeline in a war effort that has lasted almostfour years. Despite daily air attacks around the country by Russian drones and missiles, trains ferrying military equipment and troops, human…

Rail Service Suspended in Parts of Crimea After Deadly Drone Attack on Train Authorities said a Ukrainian drone killed the assistant driver of a train traveling from Moscow to Simferopol, the peninsula’s second-largest city.

Russia Suspends Train Service To Occupied Crimea After Ukraine … Share Share Russian authorities suspended train service for Crimea after a Ukrainian drone knocked out a locomotive, further squeezing commerce to the occupied Black Sea peninsula struggling with fuel shortages. The June 8 attack came days after Russian officials ordered new restrictions on commercial and passenger traffic along major highways leading to the region. For weeks, Ukraine's military has ratcheted up a campaign of medium-range drone strikes targeting cargo trucks -- gasoline and fuel trucks, above all -- that supply Crimea. That, plus a broader Ukrainian drone campaign hitting Russian oil refineries, pipelines, and related infrastructure, has led gasoline shortages on the peninsula, whose economy is heavily dependent on Russian tourists. Ukraine's defense minister has called the middle-strike campaign a "logistics lockdown" for Russian forces. Crimea, which Russia occupied and annexed 12 years ago, is linked directly to mainland Russia via a billion-dollar road-and-rail bridge that spans the Kerch Strait, to the peninsula's east. A ferry also provides access to and from the peninsula, via the Kerc…

❗️ Russia halted passenger rail service to occupied Crimea amid Ukrainian drone attacks. Grand Service Express claimed the locomotive of Moscow-Simferopol train No. 68 was damaged overnight, killing the assistant driver and injuring the driver. Explosions were also reported near airfields. #Crimea