The day was dominated by the addition of Telegram founder Pavel Durov to Russia's terrorist and extremist list, following the previous day's FSB charges. State-aligned and commercial outlets uniformly led with the designation, while independent Meduza and The Moscow Times also covered it prominently, noting Durov's defiant meme response. Rosfinmonitoring clarified restrictions do not apply to Telegram itself.
Overnight, massive Russian strikes on Ukrainian airfields and Kyiv were reported, with state media claiming 258 drones downed. Ukrainian drone attacks on Wildberries warehouses in Penza, Udmurtia, and Perm were covered across the spectrum.
By afternoon, a drone procurement scandal involving a deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade arrested for passing off Chinese drones as Russian drew attention. Peace talks entered a third stage, with Komsomolskaya Pravda reporting Russia holds a trump card. US strikes on Iran and Armenian PM Pashinyan's resignation were secondary international stories.