Train traffic resumed in Crimea after drone attack

Train traffic to Crimea and in the opposite direction has returned to the schedule. This was announced on June 9 by the Grand Service Express carrier company.

"Today, on June 9, all trains from Crimea are scheduled from the initial stations of the route and according to the schedule. All trains to Crimea will run to their usual terminal stations," the carrier said on its Telegram channel.

At the same time, the company clarified that as of 10:00 Moscow time, several Tavria trains were running late. The train running between Sevastopol and Murmansk is delayed for nine hours, the Yevpatoria –Moscow train for eight and a half hours, and Simferopol – Moscow for eight hours.

Another train heading to the capital is six and a half hours late, and the other one is three hours late. In addition, two trains are delayed by one hour: one to Moscow and one to Chelyabinsk.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a passenger train in Simferopol. What is known

Earlier in the day, the head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, announced that a drone had attacked a passenger train from Moscow to Simferopol. The driver was injured, his assistant was killed, and the passengers were not injured. Nine trains traveling to Crimea and in the opposite direction were delayed due to the attack. Later, the Tavria train routes were temporarily changed on the peninsula.

The prosecutor's office took control of the situation. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on a train in Crimea complicates attempts at a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. According to him, the Russian side remains open to negotiations, but Kiev itself is doing everything to slow down the process of resolving the crisis.