Overview

• Emergency services in Zabaykalsky Krai report a tracked all‑terrain vehicle with nine geologists submerged in Lake Amudisy, with four survivors and five people presumed drowned.
• Initial accounts say the vehicle’s brakes failed during a descent before it plunged into the water, and the machine is identified as belonging to Ikabya, a Hydrostroy GeoTech affiliate.
• Overnight in Oryol Region, a VAZ‑2115 crossed into the oncoming lane and collided with a Yutong route bus on the M‑2 Crimea highway, killing the car’s driver and two 2004‑born passengers.
• In Perm Krai, a Renault Duster moved into oncoming traffic and struck a Volvo truck, then was hit by a GAZelle and a Toyota Land Cruiser, leaving four occupants of the Duster dead.
• In Primorye, a Toyota Vitz veered into opposing traffic and hit a Nissan Primera, killing the Vitz driver and a passenger and hospitalizing two others, while New Moscow saw a Kiev Highway pileup injuring a 70‑year‑old woman and a separate Kaluga Highway crash that left one dead.