Overview
- Georgia’s Interior Ministry said five opposition figures were detained on charges including calls to overthrow the government, naming Paata Burchuladze, Murtaz Zodelava, Irakli Nadiradze, Paata Mandjgaladze and Lasha Beridze.
- Police reported 14 injured officers, one in serious condition, after protesters broke through iron barriers and entered the presidential residence grounds, prompting water cannon and pepper spray as special forces cleared the area.
- Belgorod’s governor reported 72 shells and 106 drone attacks in a day across 37 settlements, with two people killed and several injured, and a separate drone strike in the city of Belgorod wounding four at a commercial site.
- In Bryansk region, officials said a civilian was injured in a strike on the Pogar bus station, and Donetsk authorities reported a man killed in Horlivka after a UAV‑dropped explosive.
- A separate report described an acute gasoline shortage in Russia, with roughly 38% of refining capacity idled and officials and analysts attributing the shortfall to sustained Ukrainian strikes on fuel infrastructure.