An 81-year-old mushroom picker became stuck in a bog in Sverdlovsk Oblast. After a bear prevented rescuers from reaching her on foot, a helicopter team located her by the white handkerchief she waved.
Rescuers in Krasnoyarsk stopped an uncontrolled motorboat after a father fell into the Yenisei River, leaving his eight-year-old son aboard. Passing fishermen pulled the father from the water, and both were safely brought ashore.
Two fishermen in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast were stranded after the current carried away their boat from Nasypnoy Island. A rescue team reached the island and brought both men safely ashore.
Wind and high waves carried two fishermen far from shore on the Dundinskoye Reservoir in Stavropol Krai. Rescuers found them near the opposite shore and safely brought them back to land.
Three paddleboarders were carried toward the opposite shore of a reservoir near Astana by a strong wave. Rescuers reached them by boat and brought them safely to land.
After a Russian attack on Odesa, a frightened cat that had run away from home was found in a neighbouring yard. Its reunion with its family offered a small moment of relief during a difficult day for residents.
A 79-year-old fisherman was found alive on Sakhalin after nine days lost in the forest. Two neighbours joined the search as volunteers and located him near the Pilevka River.
A charity in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region is training 25 women over 50 to offer free support to older residents. They will listen to their peers and help them find professional care when needed.
Residents of Dubna are sharing childhood memories, photographs, letters and diary pages for a community archive. Organizers plan to turn the collected material into a book and an exhibition.
