Presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko voted in the presidential election and simultaneously answered questions from several hundred journalists who involuntarily blocked the voting site, UNIAN reports. First of all, Poroshenko wants to visit the Donbass, if he becomes president, as well as establish a dialogue with Russia. At the same time, he is not going to recognize the accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation and promises Ukraine a European future.

Familiar in the past, the attackers of the national teams of the USSR, Russia and the Moscow CSKA Vyacheslav Bykov and Andrei Khomutov were introduced into the Glory Hall of the International Federation of Hockey (IIHF). The ceremony took place as part of the 78th World Cup in Minsk. Bykov, appointed in April, the head coach of the St. Petersburg SKA, is a two -time Olympic champion and a five -time world champion.

Israeli President Shimon Peres and chairman of the Palestinian National Administration (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas accepted the invitation of the Pope Francis in June in his residence in the Vatican, Interfax reports. Pope Francis invited the President of Israel and the head of PNU to the Vatican to a joint prayer for the world on Mass in Bethlehem .

In Lisbon, the Champions League final was held between the Madrid Real Madrid and Atletico. The winner of the main European club tournament for the tenth time in its history was Real. At the same time, the wards of Carlo Ancelotti won a strong -willed victory - 4: 1. Participation in the match of the main star "Atletico" Diego Costa was in question, but the Brazilian nevertheless came out in the start. However, already in the 9th minute, striker Lame left the field and was replaced.

Swedish hockey players became the owners of the bronze medals of the World Cup in Minsk. In the match for the third place, "Trehnur" prevailed over the Czech Republic with a score of 3: 0. The Swedes managed to quickly go forward. In the 5th minute, Joachim Lindstrom threw a puck on a patch, but she hit the hobby of the Czech defender Peter Zamorski and flew into the gate (1: 0).

In Ukraine, early presidential elections are held, as well as the mayor of the capital and a number of cities. Voting takes place in the conditions of an ongoing anti-terrorism operation in the southeast of the country, in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions they are waiting for provocations. How many polling stations will actually work in cities controlled by separatists is still unclear.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, during which the situation in Ukraine was discussed. This was announced by the official representative of the Government of Germany Steffen Zaybert. "They share the opinion that tomorrow's election of the president is of great importance for stabilizing the country," he said.

Employees of the CEC of Ukraine cannot establish the work of equipment after hacking the information and analytical system "Elections". This statement was distributed by the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov through his personal site . "On May 22, unknown attackers destroyed the information and analytical system" Elections "of the Central Electoral Commission, including territorial election commission.

In the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow Region, a fire occurred on the cutting of the forest, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Moscow Region said. The fire arose next to the village of Povorovo. “The total area of ​​the fire is 4 thousand square meters,” the ITAR -TASS department quotes the message. There are no threats to the transfer of fire to the settlement. The fire was assigned an increased complexity number.

More than 11 thousand buyers were evacuated from the MEGA shopping center in Khimki near Moscow on Sunday after a message about the laid bomb. The explosive device was not found. Mega Khimki is a sales area of ​​175 thousand square meters on the list of the largest European shopping centers. As RIA Novosti specified the representative of the operational headquarters at the site of the emergency, 11.5 thousand people were evacuated from the shopping center.

The leader of the presidential race, Petro Poroshenko, said on Sunday that elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine should be held before the end of 2014. “When there is a parliamentary crisis, the only way out of this crisis is the election,” Interfax quotes him. "In the presidential election, we demonstrated, in the parliamentary elections, I am sure that they should take place this year," he told a briefing in his headquarters on Sunday.

Six sites for the presidential election of Ukraine, including in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don, began work in Russia. Runet is malicious: "Yanukovych can vote." The former president fled to Russia after the events on the Maidan, after which the Verkhovna Rada and appointed early elections. As ITAR-TASS reports, by 10:00 Moscow time. About 100 people voted at the Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow.

The passenger plane made a forced landing at the Moscow Airport Sheremetyevo due to smoke. According to Lifenews, the flight of the largest Russian airline Aeroflot turned around shortly after departure - the fire alarm sensor worked. Interfax reports that the flight, flying to Yerevan, was returned to Moscow, on board which was the Minister of Defense of Armenia Seyran Oganyan and another 160 passengers.

Employees of the Russian channel Lifenews were released at the request of the UN and OSCE representatives and expelled from Ukraine with the prohibition of entry, the deputy chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Viktor Yagun announced at a briefing on Sunday. According to the Russian media, the correspondent of Oleg Sidyakin and the operator Marat Saichenko was released through the mediation of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov , and President Vladimir Putin even called him with thanks.

On the day of the election of the President of Ukraine, some representatives of the Crimean Tatars were going to take part in the vote. According to the portal "15 minutes" , several dozen cars drove out of the Crimean Peninsula. Most residents of Crimea who wanted to take part in the elections will vote in Kyiv. Two dozen cars with the Crimean Tatars gathered near the Majlis building, after which they moved to the border of the new Russian region.