The head of Serov reported that the malfunction at the boiler house had been fixed.

The boiler house in Serov has resumed operation after one of its boilers broke down on Wednesday evening. The mayor of the city, Vasily Sizikov, reported in his Telegram channel that the boiler house is operating normally.

A multi-vehicle crash involving a KamAZ truck and a passenger bus occurred near Yekaterinburg.

A multi-vehicle crash involving a passenger bus full of passengers occurred on Wednesday, December 24, on the Yekaterinburg–Tyumen highway. Several people were injured.

In Serov, thousands of residents were left without heating during the anomalous frosts.

In Serov, more than 16,800 residents were left without heating due to an accident at a boiler house. The Sverdlovsk prosecutor's office reported this. According to the office, on December 24 an automation malfunction caused a boiler at Boiler House No. 1 to shut down.

Public transport fares in Yekaterinburg will rise sharply.

Public transport in Yekaterinburg declined to extend a promotion that gives a nine-ruble discount when paying the fare by QR code. Its last day will be December 31.

All stores of the Zenden shoe chain will close in a major Ural city.

All Zenden shoe chain stores in Chelyabinsk are closing. All retail outlets are located in the city's major shopping centers. According to employees, the stores will close within the next month.

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.