Three sailors from a Turkish fishing vessel died in Abkhazia. The condition of four more is assessed as serious.

Four foreigners were taken to the intensive care unit of the Gagra Central Hospital with signs of severe poisoning. Previously, a case of mass poisoning with an unknown substance near Kaliningrad was reported, as a result of which 23 schoolchildren were injured. The incident occurred on February 16, as reported by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Abkhaziia.