Patients were urgently evacuated from a major Sverdlovsk hospital.

Patients at Serov City Hospital began to be evacuated after an accident at Boiler House No. 1, where one of the three boilers shut down. This was reported by the mayor of Serov, Vasily Sizikov.

Ural forecasters reported what the weather will be like on New Year's Eve in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

New Year's Eve this year will be moderately cold in Sverdlovsk Oblast and there will be snow. This was reported by the Ural Hydrometeorological Center. According to the preliminary forecast, on December 31–January 1 the weather in Sverdlovsk Oblast is expected to have light snow and nighttime temperatures of −11 to −16°C, locally down to −22°C, and daytime temperatures of −7 to −12°C.

In Yekaterinburg, a court fined the owner of a luxury Porsche who threatened a bus driver with a pistol.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg, on the basis of evidence presented by the public prosecutor, handed down a sentence in a criminal case against a local resident born in 1984.

"The car died": a tram froze on Radishchev Street

Tram traffic on Radishcheva Street heading toward Gurzufskaya has stopped. According to passengers, the tram on route No. 1 simply froze and was unable to continue moving.

Staple food prices have risen sharply in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Before the New Year, basic foodstuffs in the Sverdlovsk Region once again rose sharply in price. Cucumbers and sausage were hit the hardest, according to a study by Sverdlovskstat.

A person died at a school in Yekaterinburg.

A person died at a school in Yekaterinburg.

An apartment on the 24th floor caught fire in the Southern Bus Station area.

Today, December 25, an apartment on the 24th floor caught fire in a high-rise at 54 Bazovy Lane. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Incident Yekaterinburg."

Sverdlovsk Oblast lacks around 2,500 medical workers.

There is a shortage of cardiologists, neuropathologists and neurologists in the Sverdlovsk Region, Sergey Ugrinov, chairman of the Sverdlovsk regional branch of the Trade Union of Healthcare Workers of the Russian Federation, said.

Pensioners in a Ural city were left without pensions before the New Year

In Kasli, Chelyabinsk Oblast, pensioners complained that they were unable to receive their pensions at the post office. According to them, the payment was moved to an earlier date and everyone who didn't know was left without money for the New Year.

In Yekaterinburg, classes for schoolchildren were canceled because of the cold weather.

Today, December 25, in Yekaterinburg elementary school students at School No. 1 were allowed to stay home due to unusually severe cold. But classes will still be held for those who managed to get to school, the father of a second-grader told Ura.Ru.

Public transport speeds were limited in Yekaterinburg due to frost.

In Yekaterinburg, the speed of public transport has been limited due to severe frosts. This was reported by the city transport department. — Due to the temperature dropping to -25 degrees, temporary speed restrictions have been introduced.

The second private clinic in Yekaterinburg will stop performing abortions.

The Yekaterinburg Medical Center (YMC), following the "Shans" clinic, will cease performing abortions as of January 1, 2026, its director Darya Akulova said.

Mikhail Slobodyan, who ran over and killed two girls in Revda, is trying to be released from pretrial detention.

The Yekaterinburg Garrison Military Court has extended Mikhail Slobodyan's detention until February 26, 2026; he is accused in a drunk-driving crash that occurred in Revda in October this year, in which two schoolgirls were killed.

You can now travel from Yekaterinburg to Moscow by bus.

The first bus route from Yekaterinburg to Moscow will be launched on the expressway, the portal 66.RU reports. The bus will depart from the "Severny" bus station at 22:10 and arrive at the "Kotelniki" bus station in Moscow at 16:10 the next day.