INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
law order for those seeking alternative exit routes from Crimea after a deadly drone attack damaged a bridge connecting the annexed
partially-controlled Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that he annexed last fall.The Kremlin-installed heads of
occupiedDonetsk,Kherson andZaporizhzhia issued statements Monday ensuring round-the-clock traffic on roads leading to and from
police vehicles blocking entry onto the Crimea bridge and rerouting vehicles back toward the Black Sea peninsula.Local authoritiesboosted
air defense coverage while security serviceseased traffic control measures to encourage drivers to take the alternative route through
territories captured by the Russian forces during the 17-month invasion of Ukraine.The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR)said
longer travel times of around eight hours across 400 kilometers and lack of GPS coverage would likely stifle demand for the evacuation
tourists were estimated to be in Crimea at the time of the attack, most of whom traveled there by car.Train services and ferries between
mainland Russia and Crimea were working with delays on the day of the drone attack.Commercial flights to Moscow-annexed Crimea have been
