Russia suspends ferry service to Crimea after Ukrainian port attack

23/8/2024 18:35

        Russia's Transport Ministry said, Russia has suspended a ferry service between southern Russia and Crimea after a Ukrainian attack the previous day hit a vessel loaded with rail cars carrying fuel.
        
        Ukraine's Navy said on Friday that it had destroyed a ferry at Port Kavkaz in Russia's Krasnodar region, one of Russia's largest outlets on the Black Sea, which it said had been used to deliver fuel and weapons to Crimea, which Russia seized and annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
        
        The transport ministry said in a statement that the ferry service to Crimea had been temporarily suspended while clear-up work took place.
        
        It said an alternative overland route could be used to send cargo to Crimea in the meantime.