Russia sharply cuts train service to Crimea
Russia has sharply reduced the number of trains to Crimea (illustrative photo: Getty Images)
Rail service between Russia and occupied Crimea is being sharply reduced, with only seven trains remaining instead of 18, according to Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-installed head of Crimea.
According to Aksyonov, the decision was made by the so-called Operational Headquarters.
It is reported that the company Grand Service Express is reducing the number of Tavriya trains operating to and from occupied Crimea.
Which trains will remain
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St. Petersburg – Sevastopol;
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Moscow – Simferopol;
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Moscow – Sevastopol;
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Adler – Simferopol;
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St. Petersburg – Yevpatoria (with the Pskov–Chudovo through-carriage group);
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Moscow – Simferopol (with the Kursk–Belgorod through-carriage group);
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Two additional Moscow–Simferopol trains that will not operate daily.
All trains will operate only to and from the Kerch-Yuzhnaya station. The remaining seasonal services will be gradually canceled over the next two weeks.
Russian authorities have not officially explained the reasons for these restrictions.
What is happening in Crimea?
At the beginning of June, the Ukrainian military announced that it had established aerial control with drones over part of Russia's land route to occupied Crimea.
Against the backdrop of constant drone attacks, fuel sales at gas stations in occupied Crimea were suspended, with fuel being issued only to government services.
On the night of June 25, after a strike on Sevastopol's energy infrastructure, the city was left without electricity.
National Guard Commander Oleksandr Pivnenko said that Ukraine's Defense Forces are working to cut off Russian logistics.
"We will cut off Russia's logistics in such a way that it will be very difficult for them," he said.
The Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi (call sign Madyar), also shared his "recipe" for occupied Crimea.
