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Arman Dzhelmukanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 744 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

A dam in the village of Akhty washed away after heavy rains, leaving the road, gas pipeline, and homes at risk of flooding. The dam was built four years ago but never commissioned, authorities announced, promising to promptly restore the protective structure. Villagers were also left without water supply.

A march under the slogan "Together against violence and oppression" is taking place in Tbilisi on the 549th day of daily protests. Participants have called the beating of two Gori residents by security forces a sign of a systemic crisis in the police force.

Activist Vitaly Cherkasov challenged the Krasnodar City Duma's decision regarding the embankment area where the church is planned to be built in the Krasnodar Regional Court, but the court rejected the claim. Cherkasov filed an appeal.

Satellite images showed plumes extending seaward in the waters off Tuapse, near the port, Gizel-Dere, and Dederkoy, but this data cannot be used as 100% confirmation of oil pollution, according to the Transparent World project. Volunteers reported that the booms they installed were able to contain small emissions.

The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release all political prisoners, cease persecution of journalists, opposition figures, and human rights defenders, and expressed concern over Azerbaijan's failure to comply with decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

A representative of the Armenian Ministry of Economy met with farmers in the village of Arshaluys in the Armavir region, who had blocked the road the previous day due to the lack of a market for their tomatoes following Russia's import ban. He recommended that they sell their harvest at designated markets in Yerevan. The farmers countered that the journey was time-consuming, and prices were low due to tomato imports from Iran.

The request by the leader of the Enlightened Armenia party to revoke the accreditation of Daniel Ioannisyan, a representative of the Independent Observer coalition and the Union of Informed Citizens public organization, for the elections was dismissed.

Clay ditches on a beach in Anapa were burned after rain, as seen on video. Some users expressed outrage at the quality of the imported sand, while others expressed hope that the sand dumped on the beaches would eventually wash out to sea.

An 18-year-old and a 17-year-old resident of Kuban, accused of preparing an explosion in an administrative building in Tuapse, have been taken into custody.

The state of emergency declared after the missile attack was expanded today due to new damage from the drone strike. Authorities received over 20 complaints from residents about broken windows in homes and buildings.

In May, at least six people in Dagestan were fined for displaying the Instagram* logo on signs and in posts. Telegram users considered the security forces' zeal excessive.

A landslide damaged a gas pipeline in the Buinaksk region, leaving residents of five villages without gas.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Valery Tyshchenko to a prison term, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization. A month earlier, the soldier had already been convicted on a similar charge.

A fire caused by a drone attack at the port of Taganrog has been extinguished, and no fuel oil leak has been detected. The man and woman injured in the attack have been taken to the hospital.

Residents in four districts of Dagestan were left without power. A short circuit in the power grid has been blamed for the outage.

In Taganrog, a drone attack injured two people, and a fire broke out at the port. Damage to homes was also reported in two villages in the Rostov region.

Viktor Gorbachev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,795 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The court sent former head of the Zernograd administration, Irina Polischuk, who is accused of abuse of office and official forgery, to pretrial detention.

Repairs to the boiler house, which was damaged during the missile attack on May 27, have been deemed impractical, and city authorities are considering the option of constructing a new modular boiler house.