Ukraine halts train services to Crimea
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UKRAINE’S state rail company Ukrzaliznytsia said yesterday it is halting train services to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in March, due to security concerns.
Cargo trains were suspended from yesterday, while passenger routes will gradually cease running over the weekend and on Monday. The company didn’t say how long the suspensions would remain in place or specify the security concerns.
“In order to ensure the safety of passengers ... (the railway) will cut the route of trains to Crimea off at Novooleksiyvka and Kherson,” it said, referring to two towns on the Ukrainian mainland near Crimea.
Russia’s annexation of Crimea pushed relations between Moscow and the West to their lowest point since the Cold War, and a month later a separatist uprising began in eastern Ukraine.
Although controlled by Moscow, the peninsula’s only land link is with Ukraine and it has remained dependent on the Ukrainian mainland for its supplies, including electricity and water.
Mired in a power crisis, Ukraine has also had to ration electricity.
The energy ministry yesterday said it had cut off power supplies to Crimea for the second time in a week because the peninsula had failed to curb consumption.
“There remains an energy deficit in Ukraine and they exceeded their limit and therefore electricity supplies were switched off to them,” a spokesman said.
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