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>I can't find confirmation to this in Russian news, which strongly suggests that this is fake news.

Why?

Because Verkhoyansk is in Russia and this supposedly happened 2 days ago there. Someone would have written about it.

A quick Google for "weather Verkhoyans" says that todays temperature is 29c/84f

I also couldn't find 38 °C on this map (german):