A Ukrainian drone struck a train in Crimea, ​killing its assistant driver ‌and injuring the driver, the peninsula’s ​Russian-installed Governor Sergei ⁠Aksyonov said in a Telegram post early on Monday (June 8, 2026).

Passengers on the train, ‌commuting between Moscow and Simferopol, the main city ‌of the Russia-annexed Black ‌Sea ⁠Crimea peninsula, were not ⁠harmed, Mr. Aksyonov added.

Russia seized and annexed Crimea in 2014 — long before its 2022 ​full-scale invasion ‌of Ukraine — after public protests in Kyiv prompted a Moscow-friendly president to flee Ukraine. Crimea ‌is a popular destination ​for Russian tourists.

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Drone raid sirens were sounded in ⁠the early hours of Monday (June 8, 2026) in the Black Sea port ‌of Novorossiysk, a major export hub for oil and grains in Russia’s Krasnodar region about a two-hour drive from the bridge Moscow built ‌to connect to Crimea, local authorities ​said on Telegram.

The most recent Ukrainian drone strikes, ⁠attacking fuel infrastructure, have forced the ⁠Russian-controlled Crimea to tighten its rationing of fuel supplies.

Reuters ‌could not independently verify all the reports.