Explosions reported in Crimea, rail services suspended

Explosions were reported in temporarily occupied Crimea on the night of 3-4 June. The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people said that there have been strikes on military units, and rail traffic on the Crimean railway has been suspended.

Source: Grand Service Express, Russian railway operator; Russian-appointed governor of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov; Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people on Telegram

Quote from the railway operator: "Due to an air threat (from UAVs), Crimean Railways have suspended passenger train services on certain sections of the line."

Details: It is reported that passengers have been "evacuated from trains for safety reasons", and train managers are in contact with the operational headquarters.

Trains to temporarily occupied Crimea are delayed by 2-4 hours (three from Moscow, one from St Petersburg, one from Adler and one from Mineralnye Vody), and trains departing from Crimea are delayed by 3-5 hours (three to Moscow and one to Saint Petersburg).

Overnight, the so-called "head of Crimea" Sergei Aksyonov said that the peninsula had been attacked by UAVs and that strikes had hit facilities in Simferopol.

Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, said he had information about explosions in the Bakhchysarai district, Simferopol and Kerch.

"It was very noisy last night in occupied Crimea. There are reports of hits on military facilities in the vicinity of Sevastopolska Street in the city of Simferopol. These include military facilities located near the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University, as well as at the former Zavodske airport on the outskirts of Simferopol," Chubarov said.

Grand Service Express is Russia's first private railway passenger operator, founded in 2002. The company is best known as the operator of the Tavriya trains, which run between mainland Russia and the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula.

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