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Oil slicks remain in the sea near Tuapse, according to a satellite image. Social media users reported today that oil products had washed up on a beach near the seaport, and authorities announced a tender to analyze seawater samples from 13 beaches throughout the summer.

Another group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University departed from Grozny Airport for the military operation zone.

Anatoly Tasenko, Nikolai Perepechaev, and Rafik Sadykov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 139 fighters from Adygea have been officially recognized as killed.

The mayor assured Anapa's beaches are clean and safe. Activists believe the quality of the sand used for beaches is strikingly different from that found in the dunes, which could ruin the city's reputation as a resort.

79,549 rubles were raised in five days to provide food and medicine for Zarema Musayeva, the imprisoned mother of Chechen opposition members. This is 26.5% of the 300,000 ruble goal.

Students at the Azov branch of the Don State Technical University will study remotely on May 18 due to damage to one of the university's buildings during a drone attack.

Magomed Murtuzaliev and Jafar Abdurakhmanov from the Kayakent district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,938 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Debris from the downed drone damaged the roof of a building housing people at a children's health complex, the governor of the Rostov region reported.

The defacing of an election poster should have been treated as an administrative offense, and the criminal prosecution and detention of Armenian resident Armen Hovhannisyan were illegal, human rights activists and a lawyer stated after the detainee committed suicide.

Workers installed a temporary bridge for residents of a village in Kabardino-Balkaria who were left without transportation after a section of road collapsed.

Cable cars at a ski resort in Kabardino-Balkaria resumed operation today after being shut down for two days for unscheduled maintenance.

The military shot down drones in Azov and three districts of the Rostov region. The attack damaged a building belonging to a technical university branch.

The first group of 180 pilgrims departed Baku for Saudi Arabia today. The number of those wishing to perform the Hajj exceeded Azerbaijan's allocated quota, despite the increased cost of the trip.

Workers cleared the road to the village of Fite in the Agulsky district, which was blocked after a landslide.

One hundred and seventy-nine members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict have returned to six villages in the Khojaly district. They were given keys to their homes.

Nineteen-year-old Konstantin Kharakhorkin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,783 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

In the Rostov region, security forces detained a Moscow resident who was planning to cross the border into Ukraine and join a terrorist organization there.

Two families of internally displaced persons returned to the village of Ashagy Oratag and were given keys to their private homes.

A Sochi court sentenced former employees of the Dagomys Road Repair and Construction Department, accomplices of the former director of Safarbiya Napso, to prison terms ranging from two to six and a half years. They were found guilty of fraud and abuse of power.

Armen Hovhannisyan was detained for tearing down an election poster and then sent to Nubarashen Psychiatric Hospital, where he committed suicide.