UPDATE 23:05 & As a result of the explosion, three people were killed, said Boris Dubrovsky in the telegram channel & Chelyabinsk Governor. In Magnitogorsk, at the intersection of Karl Marx Avenue and the Street of the newspaper Pravda, a minibus caught fire, the driver and two passengers were injured, RIA Novosti reports . Znak.com notes that gas equipment was installed on a route taxi: eyewitnesses heard several explosions and suggested that it was most likely that the gas cylinder exploded.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin instructed the Department of Culture to dismiss the director of Gorky Park Marina Lulchuk after the collapse of the pedestrian bridge on the skating rink on the night of January 1. Recall that on the night of January 1, immediately after the chimes, at the rink in the Moscow Park of Gorky, a wooden bridge with visitors fell. In total, 13 people were injured, their condition is evaluated as satisfactory and moderate.

UPDATE 15:43 The child is in serious condition, but doctors give positive forecasts, reports TASS. 22:57 A plane with a child landed at the Moscow Airport Sheremetyevo. According to the doctors, & he moved the flight & satisfactory, his condition is evaluated as stable. Rescuers found a living 10-month-old child in the ruins of the house that had fallen in Magnitogorsk, TASS reports with reference to the operational headquarters.

In the city of Orsk, Orenburg region, as a result of a fire in a residential building, 7 people died, including three children. The fire broke out on the night of January 1st. According to the site orsk.ru , the fire area was only 5 square meters: a sofa was smoldering in the room. All the people in the house suffocated with carbon monoxide. The governor of the Orenburg region Yuri Berg visited the site of the fire.

The famous stand-up comedian Vladimir Zelensky announced his nomination to the President of Ukraine. He made his statement live the Ukrainian channel "1+1". The 1+1 TV channel for the sake of Zelensky’s circulation moved the New Year's appeal of the current president Petro Poroshenko. This is associated with the fact that Zelensky openly supports businessman Igor Kolomoisky, who owns the channel. Elections in Ukraine will be held March 31, 2019.

Debris removal in Magnitogorsk, where on December 31 a part of a residential building collapsed as a result of a household gas explosion, has been suspended due to the threat of further collapse of the building. According to rescuers, it is necessary to dismantle one of the walls of the neighboring entrance, as there is a real risk that it will collapse and complicate the rescue operation. It will take about a day to dismantle the wall.

Rescuers continue to search for 36 people who may still be under the rubble of a collapsed ten-story building in Magnitogorsk. As of the morning of January 1, seven people died, there are no children among them. UPDATED At 10:33 (Moscow time), representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Chelyabinsk region announced that the body of the eighth deceased was found: this is an adult.

The Russian youth hockey team reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship, which takes place in Canada. The team led by Valery Bragin in the last match of group A defeated the hosts of the tournament - the Canadian team - and advanced to the playoffs from the first place. The match ended with a score of 2:1, while the Russian team conceded already in the third minute: Cody Glass scored for the Canadians.

On the night of January 1, a wooden structure of a suspension bridge collapsed in Moscow's Gorky Park, on which people were at that moment. According to eyewitnesses, the bridge collapsed at the moment when the Russian anthem was sounding, announcing the onset of the new year.