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A Ukrainian drone struck a bid successful Crimea, killing its adjunct operator and injuring the driver, the peninsula’s Russian-installed Governor Sergei Aksyonov said successful a Telegram station aboriginal connected Monday (June 8, 2026).
Passengers connected the train, commuting betwixt Moscow and Simferopol, the main metropolis of the Russia-annexed Black Sea Crimea peninsula, were not harmed, Mr. Aksyonov added.
Russia seized and annexed Crimea successful 2014 — agelong earlier its 2022 full-scale penetration of Ukraine — aft nationalist protests successful Kyiv prompted a Moscow-friendly president to fly Ukraine. Crimea is a fashionable destination for Russian tourists.
Drone raid sirens were sounded successful the aboriginal hours of Monday (June 8, 2026) successful the Black Sea larboard of Novorossiysk, a large export hub for lipid and grains successful Russia’s Krasnodar portion astir a two-hour thrust from the span Moscow built to link to Crimea, section authorities said connected Telegram.
The astir caller Ukrainian drone strikes, attacking substance infrastructure, person forced the Russian-controlled Crimea to tighten its rationing of substance supplies.
Reuters could not independently verify each the reports.
