Рыбинск . Идет нефтяной дождь.

Putin’s advisor Ushakov says Trump, in a conversation with Putin today, promised to put pressure on the Europeans and Ukraine during the G7 summit, and otherwise, to accept Russian peace conditions. (Uncommon in a readout to speak on behalf of the interlocutor, by the way.)

Today, the Kremlin staged a propaganda event in which soldiers assured Putin that things at the front are going well and Ukraine will be probably be surrendering any day now.

There is now not just a fuel shortage in Russian-occupied Crimea, there's basically no fuel at all. Local "authorities" have introduced coupons, QR-codes, other similar instruments, but the lines are long, and the fuel is absent. Just look at this line at a local gas station.

Only a month into Ukraine's ever tightening blockade on Crimea, Russians are fleeing the penninsula, selling off anything they can. A Sevastopol real estate agent says that property prices have already collapsed -40%. With thousands of homes stolen from Ukrainian owners and now in the hands of Russians, a time of reckoning is coming to Crimea.

Georgian opposition TV channel airs footage alleging police abuse A Georgian television channel has broadcast footage allegedly showing detainees being beaten and subjected to degrading treatment inside police stations, as the Interior Ministry said the officers involved had already been convicted and imprisoned earlier this year. The opposition-leaning broadcaster TV Pirveli aired excerpts from what it said is an investigation into abuse inside police departments, due to be released in full later on Saturday. In a preview of the report, the channel showed footage it claimed depicted detainees being physically assaulted and mistreated in police custody. TV Pirveli alleged that police officers exchanged videos of abuse in a shared chat and that a person who allegedly gained access to the files and downloaded them in an attempt to expose the system was later detained. The broadcaster further claimed that police officers used violence and intimidation to extract desired testimony from detainees. “It is impossible that this was happening inside police stations and others did not know - that the leadership was unaware,” the mother of one detained individual told TV Pirveli. She alleged that officers “burn cigarettes on citizens’ bodies, extinguish them on their skin, and strip them naked”. In response, Georgia’s Interior Ministry said the alleged perpetrators had already been prosecuted. According to the ministry, the incident shown in the footage dates back several years and the officers involved were sentenced to prison in the spring of 2026. The ministry did not immediately comment on the broadcaster’s allegations that footage of abuse had circulated among police officers or on claims that an individual who accessed the material was detained. The case is likely to intensify scrutiny of policing practices in Georgia, where opposition groups and rights organisations have repeatedly accused law enforcement agencies of mistreatment and excessive force - allegations the authorities have generally rejected.

MPLC backpack tactical line charges for clearing mines are used by Ukraine. Donated by the Netherlands, explosive line is deployed by a rocket and command detonated by the engineer with a shock tube.