Oil refinery raids, a drone video prosecution, and a pier collapse in Primorye: the top news of the night
Russia's regions experienced a turbulent night due to new strikes on fuel infrastructure facilities and the sounding of warning sirens. Meanwhile, security forces continue to persecute citizens for posting videos of attacks on social media, and the trials of human rights activists are taking place under difficult conditions.
Drone attacks on oil refineries and ports in southern Russia
Further attacks on fuel infrastructure have been reported in several regions of the Russian Federation. Specifically, specialized Telegram channels began reporting a massive fire in Salavat following drone attacks—witness footage clearly shows a plume of smoke. There are no official details yet from local authorities regarding this incident. Smoke was also reported near the airfield in Gelendzhik.
Therefore, the geography of air attacks continues to expand. In Afipskoye, an attack caused a fire near a tank farm, according to a recent OSINT analysis by the publication Astra. Earlier, the Krasnodar Krai task force officially reported that warning sirens sounded overnight in Novorossiysk, Anapa, and Gelendzhik due to the threat of an air strike.
A legal scandal in Kaliningrad and the departure of a Yakut politician from the country
In Kaliningrad, a preliminary hearing in the regional court for the criminal case against renowned lawyer Maria Bontsler concluded with an emergency call for an ambulance. The defendant, a human rights activist who suffers from serious illnesses, experienced a sharp increase in blood sugar right in the courtroom.
Consequently, court conditions proved extremely difficult for the trial participants. Defense attorney Roman Morozov reported that special jamming equipment was constantly running in the courtroom, creating a loud background noise that caused all trial participants to complain of severe tinnitus and discomfort. As previously reported, Bontsler is suffering from 40-degree heat in his cell at Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
Meanwhile, former Yakutia State Assembly deputy Alexander Ivanov, previously designated a "foreign agent" by the Russian Ministry of Justice, has permanently left Russia. The politician personally informed journalists from the publication "Libi Baikala" after the Yakutsk City Court fined him 20 rubles on June 15 for "inciting hatred toward government authorities." The Center's "E" report was prompted by a video of Ivanov's speech in Altai about the unity of Turkic peoples and criticism of the diminishing role of local government. He had previously been fined 90 rubles for "calls to violate Russia's territorial integrity" after making statements about the oppression of the Sakha people.
Pedestrian bridge collapse in Primorye and fines for drone video in Omsk
A pedestrian bridge collapsed in Muravyinaya Bay in Primorsky Krai. Four people were injured in the incident—three teenagers and one adult. According to Artem Mayor Vyacheslav Kvon, all the injured children were hospitalized, two of whom will require emergency surgery. The closed pier was discovered to belong to the Mostovik recreation center, abandoned about three years ago. The access to the damaged section had been welded shut, but vacationers had broken the metal railing to jump from the structure into the water.
Meanwhile, in the Omsk region, police filed administrative charges against two local residents who posted a video of a recent Ukrainian drone attack on the region on social media. For "violating the regional anti-terrorism commission's ban," they now face large fines of up to 30 rubles.
The Ministry of Health's recommendations for hospitals and the global Telegram outage
The Russian Ministry of Health has prepared special official recommendations for public hospitals on creating attractive job postings for doctors in short supply. For example, experts advise agencies to completely eliminate phrases like "urgently needed," which create a sense of chaos and rush job pressure in applicants, as well as avoid phrases like "heavy workload" and "frequent overtime" without clearly specifying compensation. Furthermore, medical institutions are advised to avoid using the phrase "salary based on interview results," as doctors associate hidden amounts with low income.
Ultimately, technical problems were reported across the global network. Short Telegram links through the t.me domain stopped opening in browsers worldwide, as the address was completely removed from the DNS system at the domain registrar level. When attempting to follow the link, public servers return an error. According to the industry publication "Durova's Code," the incident is not related to local provider blocking, and the cause of the global outage remains unknown.
