07:05⇢Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore After Black Sea Spill
⌨The newspapers extensively cover two main developments: ten dead dolphins found following an oil spill on the Black Sea coast (Interfax, RBC), and Russian military advances near Chasov Yar, with claims of controlling the "Severny" district (NTV, RIA, TASS). Coverage continues of Slovak PM Fico's meeting with Putin, now framed around Ukraine's gas transit decisions (Moscow Times, Komsomolskaya Pravda). Minor note: Tatarstan lifts its state of emergency (Gazeta).