“As a result of an enemy drone strike on the locomotive of a passenger train on the Moscow-Simferopol line, the driver was injured and the driver’s assistant was killed,” Sergei Axionov wrote on Telegram.
A Ukrainian drone attack against a train linking Moscow to Simferopol, in Crimea, left one dead and one injured, the leader of the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 announced Monday morning. “As a result of an enemy drone strike on the locomotive of a passenger train on the Moscow-Simferopol line, the driver was injured and the driver’s assistant was killed, according to preliminary data.”wrote Sergey Axionov on Telegram, without specifying where the train was at the time of the attack.
“The passengers were not injured”he added. The company Grand Service Express, which operates connections between Crimea and Russia, indicated that it had suspended its operations in the peninsula. Ukraine has recently intensified its drone strikes on the occupied territories and Russia, in retaliation for daily Russian bombings on its territory.
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On Wednesday, a Ukrainian drone strike on a bus linking Moscow to Simferopol left seven dead in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk under Moscow control, according to pro-Russian authorities.
And «dialogue direct» between Ukraine and Russia
kyiv is asking its Western allies for more support to guarantee its supply of ammunition for its anti-aircraft defense systems, while Russia continues its daily bombing of Ukraine. Diplomatic efforts to reach a negotiated settlement to the conflict that has been ongoing for more than four years are at an impasse.
Following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London on Sunday, French, German and British leaders gave their support to his proposal for a «dialogue direct» between Ukraine and Russia, “with the active participation of the United States and Europe”.
Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz have “welcomed the call launched by President Zelensky for an end to the war, negotiated through diplomatic channels”after he suggested that Vladimir Putin meet him directly, in a letter sent on Thursday. The Russian president replied that he did not see any “the intersection” until an agreement to end the war has been negotiated in advance.
