In the Volyn and Rivne regions of Ukraine, mourning for the military who died as a result of an ambush at the Volnovakha Donetsk region was declared. According to the latest data, the number of victims of the attack on the checkpoint reached 17 - one of the wounded fighters died in the hospital. Five more are in serious condition.

PSG announced the transfer of the defender of Chelsea and the Brazilian national team David Louise. According to the French media, David Luizu signed an agreement with the PSG agreement with the Option option for another season. The amount of the transaction is not disclosed, but presumably amounts to 50 million pounds. Recall, PSG was among 9 clubs convicted of UEFA in violation of the financial Fair-Play.

In St. Petersburg there was a large accident involving a truck, a PAZ and SUV route bus: according to the updated data, six people died. The emergency occurred on Lenin Avenue at the entrance to the Krasnoye Selo, reports Fontanka.ru . A truck collided, Toyota Land Cruiser SUV and PAZ bus of the 636th route. A long cork was formed at the scene of the accident. Initially, the four dead were reported, later doctors stated the death of six.

The Government of the Russian Federation approved and introduced an agreement with Vietnam and Nicaragua on cooperation in the study and use of space space for peaceful purposes. This happened against the backdrop of a discussion of refusing the supply of RD-180 missile engines to the United States . According to Interfax , the corresponding decisions signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev are posted on Saturday on the government’s website.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, responsible for the military industry, paid a visit to Syria, during which he met with the country's president Bashar Assad. According to official information, the parties discussed future presidential elections: not only the development of the constitutional process in the country depends on this, but also the success of a peaceful settlement in the Middle East, a Russian official said.

The MiG aircraft-building corporation plans to put 12 fighter fighters under the 2007 contract in Syria, said MIG Director General of MiG Sergey Korotkov at the Kadex-2014 Armory exhibition in Kazakhstan. “Four glider has been made, but the contract is not concluded today, we are slowly performing it,” said Korotkov.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 occurred on Saturday in Greece, reports Reuters with reference to the US Geological Service. The agency lowered the initial assessment of 7.2. Serious destruction and victims are not reported, but the inhabitants of many cities in panic ran out of vibrating buildings to the street. The earthquake was recorded 77 kilometers southwest of the city of Alexander Polys. The focus of the earthquake lay at a depth of 91 kilometers, RIA Novosti reports.

The Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev believes that the EU will not impose sector sanctions against the economy of the Russian Federation. The day before, the European Union outlined three levels of sanctions . They threaten the Russian Federation in the event of a breakdown of the presidential election in Ukraine, which will be held on Sunday on May 25.

Journalists from Russia traveling to illuminate the Ukrainian elections of the president are deployed on the border: difficulties arose immediately at a number of film crews and correspondents. According to ITAR-TASS, the crew of VGTRK, headed by the special correspondent, Alexander Rogatkin, was removed from the train in the Ukrainian city of Konotop, despite the fact that the journalists had accreditation of the Ukrainian CEC for elections. The motivation is unclear.

In the south of Syria, a tent town was fired in a matar near the city of Deraa (110 km south of Damascus), where the election rally was held in support of Bashar al -Assad. As a result of the mortar shelling of the rally, 39 people were killed, 205 were injured, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to AP. The shelling occurred late in the evening on Thursday. Earlier, 21 dead and 30 were injured were reported.

During the upcoming trip of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to France to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the landing of the allied troops in Normandy, his bilateral meeting with the French colleague Francois Hollandes is possible. The invitation was sent by the French side, and Putin expressed the hope that in the graphics of Hollanda there was a time to communicate.

In the UK, the fire almost completely destroyed the famous Glasgow Art School (Glasgow School of Art). Students and employees of the educational institution were safely evacuated from the building, which was considered one of the most significant in the history of Scottish architecture. Firefighters, who arrived at the scene of about 4 minutes after the alarm turned on, fought with fire, which covered the building on Friday day, May 23, for several hours, BBC reports.

The Mercedes pilot Niko Rosberg won the qualifications of the Grand Prix of Monaco Formula 1. The German needed only one circle in the third segment of the races, but at the same time became the culprit of the appearance of yellow flags at the end of the qualification, which prevented his rivals from driving fast circles. As a result, the second place went to the partner of Rosberg Lewis Hamilton.

The self -proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk "People’s Republics" united into a single state - Novorossia. Only journalists of the Russian TV channel "Russia-24" were allowed to sign the signing procedure, LB.ua reports. On Sunday in Ukraine, presidential elections should be held. The Ministry of Internal Affairs admitted that only about half of the district election commissions in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, there are problems with the delivery of ballots and security.

The "Day of Silence" began in Ukraine before the president appointed on May 25, 2014, reports UNN . Starting from 00:00 on May 24, election campaigning is completely prohibited, and utility services should be removed earlier in public places to pre -election campaign materials. Thus, today it will be forbidden for candidates to hold meetings with voters, rallies, distribute campaign materials in the media and so on.