Sources: BBC IOL
Russian soldiers kill five people and injure another in a mass shooting at a house in Zvanivka, Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. 2025-10-20
Eight people are killed and 17 others injured during wildfires in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia, that destroy hundreds of buildings in 16 settlements. The Federal Agency for Forestry blames high winds for worsening the fires and impacting firefighting efforts. 2022-05-7
For failure to deal with the recent wildfires the head of Russia's forestry agency is fired by Vladimir Putin and replaced with his deputy. 2010-08-20
Russia announces that it is slowly bringing the 2010 Russian wildfires under control. 2010-08-14
A forest fire grows in size near Russia's main nuclear research centre in Sarov. 2010-08-13
Doctors in Moscow are encouraged to use "less frightening" causes of death as the mortality rate from heatstroke soars with fires burning across Russia. 2010-08-12
Fires are reported in Russia's nuclear-contaminated forests from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, amid concerns about the spread of radiation. 2010-08-11
Pollution hits record levels in Moscow as large wildfires continue to devastate Russia. 2010-08-7
A Russian military garrison near Naro-Fominsk outside Moscow moves its artillery rockets to a safer location as the wildfires get nearer. 2010-08-5
Hundreds of new wildfires erupt in Russia as fire has damaged or destroyed 27 towns and villages. 2010-08-2