10:40⇢Oxygen Tank Ruptures Mid-Flight
⌨The newspapers extensively report on the Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Aktau, Kazakhstan, with new details emerging. Of 69 passengers, 32 survived, including 10 Russians (Gazeta, Izvestia, Kommersant, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Meduza, NTV, RBC). An oxygen tank explosion is cited as the cause, with pilots attempting an emergency landing (Gazeta, Komsomolskaya). Separately, a drone strike caused an explosion at a Vladikavkaz shopping center (Kommersant, RT), and Russian forces report capturing Novy Trud in DPR (TASS, Vesti).