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Train Services Between Moscow and Crimea Disrupted After Drone Strike Damages Locomotive
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Russian transport company “Grand Service Express” announced on the morning of June 8 a temporary suspension of scheduled passenger train services in temporarily occupied Crimea.
The company stated that overnight, a drone attack damaged the locomotive of train No. 68 Moscow–Simferopol. It added that passengers were not injured, but the assistant driver was killed and the locomotive driver was wounded. All passengers on trains currently on the Crimean peninsula were evacuated.
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According to the company, passengers from three trains that departed Moscow and St. Petersburg for Crimea on June 6 are being transported to Simferopol by bus.
The development comes amid reports from the Crimean outlet Krym.Realii, affiliated with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, that temporarily occupied Crimea and Sevastopol were under drone attack overnight and in the early hours of June 8, with air raid alerts declared and explosions reported near military airfields, an oil depot, and an electrical substation.
The Telegram channel Krymskyi Viter, citing local subscribers, reported explosions near several military sites, including the Saky airfield at 22:29 and the Kacha airfield at 23:01.
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The disruption to rail services in Crimea comes amid a broader series of attacks on key transport infrastructure connecting the peninsula with temporarily occupied territories as Ukraine has struck the Chonhar Bridge, a critical Russian logistics route linking temporarily occupied Crimea with Russian-controlled areas in southern Ukraine.
According to reports, the attack on June 7 involved FP-2 strike drones as well as the newly introduced Ukrainian-made “Behemoth” unmanned system, marking its first reported combat deployment against a strategic supply route linking Crimea with occupied southern Ukraine.
In a statement released on June 7, Ukraine’s 1st Separate Assault Brigade said the operation was conducted by units of its Phalanx Multidomain Operations Center in coordination with the 475th Separate Assault Brigade CODE 9.2. The forces reportedly used FP-2 drones alongside the Behemoth platform to target the bridge.
Russian military bloggers and occupation officials acknowledged damage to the crossing and reported disruptions to traffic flow. According to occupation authorities, vehicles were subsequently rerouted through alternative crossings between Crimea and mainland Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces conducted overnight drone strikes on June 7 against two fuel infrastructure facilities in temporarily occupied Crimea, targeting the Semykolodezyanska oil depot and a maritime oil terminal in Feodosia.
According to Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces, the operation hit sites used by Russian forces for the storage, transportation, and distribution of fuel supplies supporting military logistics on the occupied peninsula.
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