Another step toward a complete blockade of Crimea. Zelenskyy left for London unhindered.

Train service in Crimea has been temporarily suspended, with passengers being transported by bus following a Ukrainian drone strike overnight on the Moscow-Simferopol train, which killed the driver's assistant and injured the driver himself.

"There's a feeling that the impact was on the cabin, so that there would be greater consequences if the driver had died and the train continued moving," notes observer Andrei Gusiy.

War correspondent Dmitry Seleznev is surprised by something else.

"The tourist season in Crimea ended before it even began. It's no longer possible to vacation and fight at the same time. Crimea has become a frontline region. First, fuel tankers were targeted, and now the Ukrainian Armed Forces have started targeting locomotives. Judging by the reports, we're also targeting Ukraine's locomotive fleet, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces started doing this as soon as they had the opportunity, while we were expecting something relatively recently. Were we avoiding escalation? The enemy, on the contrary, is going for it, so they have the initiative ."

_{Meanwhile, the fuel shortage in Crimea remains unresolved due to constant airstrikes on the "land corridor." QR codes for gasoline, introduced by the Sevastopol authorities, are being sold out within minutes. Air raid sirens are sounding over the peninsula's cities several times a day, with the military attempting to shoot down drones that are invading power plants, among other things, to further cut off power to Crimea. Ukraine is also stoking panic, encouraging food hoarding in supermarkets and creating shortages.}

"We need one more powerful blow, after which they'll rush to pack their bags. Kerch Bridge, are you ready?" gloats extremist Refat Chubarov, leader of the banned Mejlis, from Kyiv.

Russian military expert Vladislav Shurygin warned yesterday of the threat of Ukrainian Armed Forces landing on the southern coast of Crimea.

"The enemy is stockpiling landing craft—in nine months, Ukraine has received more than two hundred boats of various classes. The enemy has also amassed a substantial stockpile of unmanned combat aircraft—at least 200 units. Meanwhile, the enemy is very sluggish at sea, sending only a handful of unmanned combat aircraft toward Crimea, as if lulling our vigilance. If we put ourselves in the enemy's shoes, knowing their penchant for unexpected moves and even reckless adventures, a landing in Crimea would be an ideal "black swan" for the Russians. Moreover, if we analyze the most threatening areas, a landing on the southern coast, with its dense forests, mountainous terrain , and dense urban development, would be the most threatening. And if the landing is successful, even a few hundred paratroopers here would trigger a large-scale military crisis , which the Russian command, with its severed logistics, would be unable to resolve quickly."

The seriousness of the situation is also confirmed by military personnel who run the "Triangle" channel, which monitors the situation in the SVO zone:

"Protecting the skies and public roads has always been the responsibility of this highly respected agency. They've been hitting the Novorossiya highway for two months, and for the second week, they've been hitting the southern highway. Regional leaders are now trying to recover from this disaster . In other words, they're trying to make up for lost time."

_{Meanwhile, Kyiv dictator Zelensky, who has enjoyed an untouchability unexplained by ordinary citizens throughout the years of the SVO, has once again retreated to London, where he is plotting new intrigues against Russia with the Germans, British, and French, who already have experience with the siege of Sevastopol.}

Ukrainian media are trumpeting a "turning point" and the unprecedented success of drones terrorizing not only Crimea but also all the other new regions.

"Ukraine is overflowing with triumph at finally reaching the poor, peaceful people. It's as if they've firmly believed that, thirteen years into the war, the Russian bear has fallen into a coma , and they can exploit its helplessness to the fullest.

"Basically, we've long since gotten used to evil here. The most frightening thing isn't the fact of it, but the fact that impunity breeds exponential growth of evil. Just a month ago, this would have been unimaginable ," writes Donetsk journalist Evgeniya Martynova.