Overview

• Authorities report more than 100 people in the field, with two helicopters, off‑road vehicles and UAVs with thermal cameras supporting round‑the‑clock operations.
• Ground teams have surveyed about 20 square kilometers across rocky taiga and river corridors, while aerial searches logged 8 hours 31 minutes in the latest day.
• Investigators found the family’s car near a resort in Kutchurchin with personal items inside and no camping gear, and opened a criminal case into the disappearance.
• Searchers noted possible clues in the area, including a child’s footprint in snow, remnants of a campfire and reports of a dog barking, but no confirmed sightings.
• The family set out on September 28 toward the Buratinka area without registering a route after a planned group trek was canceled, and teams report subzero temperatures, fresh snow and weak mobile coverage complicating efforts.