Search for two missing 12-year-old girls in Russia stretches into fifth day as drowning emerges as leading theory

Two 12-year-old girls in Kyzyl left home on the evening of July 1 and never returned.

Surveillance cameras captured them walking toward the Yenisei River embankment and a dam.

Their whereabouts after that are unknown.

Police, Emergency Situations Ministry personnel, dog handlers, a paddleboard team, divers, and more than 700 volunteers have joined the search.