2023-07-17 19:56:01
Road communication between Crimea and the mainland through the new regions of Russia will be around the clock, declared Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. July 17 after the terrorist attack on the bridge on the road to the Crimea from Melitopol and in the opposite direction formed miles of traffic jams. Business FM spoke to those who ended up in them.
First, about the more traditional route. On the evening of July 17, the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksyonov declaredthat the railway communication on the Crimean bridge has already been resumed and that the crossing is already in operation. Seven ferries are involved.
On Monday afternoon, Business FM was able to chat with a driver who was in line for the crossing. The radio station called him again closer to nine in the evening. Here is what he said:
In order to unload the crossing, citizens who want to come to Crimea or leave from there are offered by regional and federal authorities to travel by land, through new regions. People who did just that share their advice in a special telegram chat. From the recommendations: refuel, withdraw cash, buy a lot of water, download offline maps, do not drive at night, do not stop outside posts and recreation areas, do not enter fields and forests.
There is no need to stop, Konstantin, a resident of Donetsk, points out:
The road itself is beautiful, told Business FM Natalie, who is going to the Crimea and was originally going to cross the bridge, but, before reaching 250 kilometers to Taman, after learning the news, she decided to take a detour:
Not everyone is so lucky. Another family, who was driving from Moscow towards the Krymsky Bridge, but also turned onto the bypass road, faced queues at the checkpoint. At the time of the call to the editorial office, the interlocutor had been standing in a traffic jam in front of the checkpoint for an hour:
All Business FM interlocutors say that there are no problems with gas stations along the way. There are places to buy water and food. But the general situation still makes itself felt, said Alexander, who had almost reached Mariupol by the time of the conversation with the radio station:
By the way, in the memo distributed in the same telegram chat, travelers are asked not to take pictures of equipment and the military, to let cars with V and Z symbols pass, and also to listen and do everything that the military and law enforcement officers will demand. However, basically, as stated in the memo, they only require to provide documents.
If you return directly to Crimea, according to local residents, there is no panic on the peninsula itself, but Crimean hoteliers fix cancellation of hotel reservations – at least for the next few dates. Russian tour operators are talking about the same. However, no one refuses tours and reservations for August en masse.
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