According to authorities, an assistant train driver was killed in a new Ukrainian drone attack on a passenger train on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
June 8, 2026, 9:20 a.mJune 8, 2026, 9:20 a.m
The train driver himself was injured, the Moscow-appointed governor in Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said on Telegram.
Ukraine has carried out further drone attacks on Crimea.Image: keystone
The passenger train was hit on the Moscow-Simferopol route. “Passengers remained uninjured,” said Aksyonov. Train services were temporarily suspended during the peak tourist season.
All trains were evacuated and passengers were transported on buses, the railway company Grand Service Express announced on Telegram. According to authorities, one person was killed and two injured last week following a Ukrainian drone attack on a local train.
Hit in the tourism region
The new attack also has a severe impact on the hotel and restaurant industry in Crimea. According to the Moscow newspaper Kommersant, experts expect that three to four million tourists will stay away from the peninsula, which is popular with Russians, this year. The newspaper reported numerous cancellations and declining booking numbers.
The reason for the lack of vacationers is also the rationing of fuel at the gas stations. The gasoline crisis is preventing many drivers from traveling to Crimea.
Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and is also using it as a staging area for its troops in the war of aggression against Ukraine. Kyiv primarily wants to disrupt military supplies with the drone attacks. The country has been defending itself against Russian invasion for more than four years.
Oil terminal in Novorossiysk also hit again
The Russian Defense Ministry reported in the morning that more than 300 drones had been shot down at night in various regions, including Crimea. The information cannot be independently verified. An oil terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk was hit again. No one was injured, authorities said.
With the strikes against the Russian oil industry, Ukraine primarily wants to hit energy exports, which Moscow uses to finance its war machine. The Russian leadership had recently acknowledged declines in oil production and economic problems caused by increasing Ukrainian drone attacks, but emphasized that the situation was under control. (dab/sda/dpa)