Azerbaijan has sent nearly 40 tons of equipment for critical infrastructure facilities to Ukraine. The shipment is intended for the railway system, which—like the country's energy grid—continues to operate while under attack by the Russian army.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine announced the new delivery.

The Tbilisi City Court has issued rulings regarding activists detained during a protest outside the City Council (Sakrebulo) building. Some received heavy fines, while others were sentenced to administrative detention.

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has warned that Armenia would face an economic crisis if it withdraws from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), arguing that Brussels is aware of the risks but continues to encourage Yerevan’s closer integration with the European Union.

Five citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have died while climbing Mount Elbrus in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria republic. 

Work has begun in Ingushetia on a docudrama titled Heroes of Zaporizhzhia, посвящed to Russian security personnel who took part in the seizure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the first weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Azerbaijan has declared the activities of Iran’s Sahar TV and the Mehr News Agency illegal within its territory, describing the move as a reciprocal response after Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence reportedly added Azerbaijan’s state broadcaster AzTV to a list of “hostile media outlets.”

Authorities in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Russia’s Volgograd region have announced the deaths of ten more service members who fought in Ukraine. Following these announcements, the number of officially confirmed military deaths from Russia’s North Caucasus and southern regions has surpassed 9,500.

The US Embassy in Georgia has criticized the creation of a new Interior Ministry unit tasked with combating so-called online hate speech. The statement was issued in response to a query from the Georgian service of Radio Liberty regarding the detention of journalist Vakho Sanaia.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, has dismissed reports of a possible food shortage in the region, describing them as false.