Victor Kozlov called from Islamabad, at 15.40 Moscow time:

The expedition air cargo sent on May, 17 finally arrived to Pakistan and today we managed to perform customs clearing and expect to get it at ATR office to the evening.
Tomorrow we'll get briefing in the Ministry of Tourism where will receive a permit to climb K2.
Yesterday we had a very warm and sincere meeting in Russian Embassy with Ambassador Sergey Peskov.
The temperature in Islamabad is not hot for a local climate, positive 35C. We plan to start on May 26 at 5.00 a.m. or on May 27in course of delaying.