Travel to Crimea has been restricted in the occupied Luhansk region
In the occupied part of Luhansk Oblast, the Russian administration has imposed restrictions on passenger transport to Crimea. This involves a ban on both regular and irregular routes on key roads connecting the occupied territories.
In the occupied part of Luhansk Oblast, the Russian administration has decided to restrict passenger transport to Crimea, and this decision immediately affected key transport routes used to connect the occupied territories in southern Ukraine.
According to the source, the occupation head of Luhansk Oblast, Leonid Pasichnyk, signed a decree effectively banning regular and irregular passenger transport on certain sections of strategic routes, specifically the R-150 Belgorod–Starobilsk–Luhansk–Donetsk–Mariupol and the R-280 Rostov-on-Don–Mariupol–Melitopol–Simferopol.
The document also mentions a ban on transporting organized groups of children on these roads, and certain restrictions apply to commuter train traffic as well, although exceptions remain for some routes. Local reports indicate that residents are advised not to use these routes for travel, while domestic bus services remain in operation but may alter their routes depending on the situation.
Previously, similar restrictions on freight transport to Crimea were also introduced in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, indicating a gradual tightening of control over land corridors.
The R-280 highway is considered by the Russian side to be one of the key alternatives to the Kerch Bridge, as it is part of the so-called land corridor stretching over 630 kilometers, which connects Rostov-on-Don with occupied Simferopol via Mariupol and Melitopol. This was reported by the publication “Krym.Realii.”
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