ROSTOV-ON-DON. July 17 (Interfax) - The ferry service from Krasnodar Territory to Crimea has resumed operation, the Krasnodar Territory operational headquarters said on its Telegram channel on Monday.
"The ferry service from Krasnodar Territory has resumed operations. The first passengers are departing the Kavkaz port for Kerch. However, only people who travelled on regular buses, without private vehicles, can use the ferry for now," the headquarters said.
Oleg Kryuchkov, an advisor to the head of Crimea, for his part said that vehicles departing Crimea have already started to use the alternative route via checkpoints in the north of the peninsula.
"They've already set off. Cars are arriving at the Armyansk, Dzhankoi and Perekop crossings, from which they're traveling across the new territories via the alternative land route," Kryuchkov told the Rossiya 24 (VGTRK) television channel.
The route through the new regions passes by the city of Rostov-on-Don, he said. The inspection procedure at the checkpoints has been expedited, he added.
Passengers on buses will be transported across the Crimean Bridge by suburban trains, Kryuchkov also said on his Telegram channel on Monday.
"Buses will go to the Yuzhnaya [Kerch] station, from which suburban trains will transport [people] to Temryuk [in Krasnodar Territory]. There passengers will again get on buses that will transport them to their destination," he said.