Pope Francis said that he spoke via Zoom with Patriarch of All Rus' Kirill. He shared the details of the conversation with the Italian edition of Corriere della Sera. The Pontiff and the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church talked for forty minutes about the situation in Ukraine. However, according to him, the popes, they did not fully achieve mutual understanding. “For the first twenty minutes, he read from a piece of paper the reasons justifying the Russian invasion.

Foreign investors who invested in Russian bonds reported receiving payments from Russia. The fact that the funds began to flow into the accounts of Eurobond holders, Bloomberg reports , citing sources. The total payments on the bonds maturing in 2022 and 2042 are $650 million. Thus, the agency notes, Russia managed to avoid a technical default. The next payment - due in 2026 and 2036 - is due on May 27.

The head of the "DNR" Denis Pushilin presented 90 medals "For the liberation of Mariupol" to the military and security forces of the self-proclaimed republic. It is reported by TASS. Such an award was received by employees of the People's Militia, the "Ministry of State Security" (MGB DPR), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. “The battle for Mariupol will become special pages in the history of Donbass.

In Lviv, as a result of a missile blow inflicted by the Russian army, three power plants were damaged, some areas of the city were left without electricity. This was announced by the mayor of Lviv Andrei Sadova. Two pumping stations were left without electricity, he said. “Explosions are heard in Lviv, everyone to stay in shelters,” he wrote earlier on Facebook.

Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that the Russian military captured the head of the village of Chernobaevka, Kherson region, Igor Dudar and his deputy. about this . writes Hromadske Vereshchuk noted that this became known only yesterday. “We know that more than ten heads of cities and villages are held captive by the Russians. This is wrong, this is illegal, and we will demand to give them back,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.

A total of ten civilians were killed when Russia shelled a coke and chemical plant in Avdiivka, says Pavlo Kyrylenko, the Donetsk governor. “They knew for sure where to aim. The shell hit a crowd of workers waiting for a bus to take them home from their shift,” wrote Kyrylenko. He also added that 15 more people were injured on this occasion. The Avdiivka Coke Plant was previously shelled on 24 April and suffered severe damage.

The grave of Lieutenant Colonel Grigory Vladimirovich Tarasenko appeared in the Krasnodar cemetery. A photograph of the grave with the date of death on March 23, 2022 was provided by the reader of the Mediazone, who visited the cemetery. The publication, referring to information from the Russian databases that got into the network and information from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, writes that Tarasenko until 2013 was the commander of the military unit 55485.

Ten people died as a result of the shelling of the Avdeevka coke plant by the Russian military. The number of victims today was named by the head of the Donetsk regional administration Pavel Kirilenko. “They knew exactly where they were aiming — the workers had just finished their shift and were waiting at the bus stop for a bus that was supposed to take them home from the factory,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has announced that the civilians from the Azovstal steel plant have arrived in Zaporizhzhia. “I am pleased and relieved to confirm that 101 civilians have successfully been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and other areas in a safe passage operation,” said Osnat Lubrani, the UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine.

Macron re -elected for a new term and again began to call the Russian president. Photo of the day Photo: Natalia Danilova / Especially for "New Gazeta. Europe" French President Emmanuel Macron on the afternoon of May 3 talked on the phone with Putin.

French President Emmanuel Macron phoned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. For two hours, they discussed the situation in Ukraine and the evacuation from the Mariupol Azovstal plant, reports . the press service of the Elysee Palace Macron expressed deep concern about the situation in Mariupol and the general situation in the Donbass, and also demanded that Putin cease fire and allow further evacuation from the Azovstal plant.

Members of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, have adopted a new law which bans pro-Russian political parties, according to the parliament’s website. The law prohibits the activities of parties whose political platform is aimed at justifying and denying aggression against Ukraine, or at glorifying people involved in warfare against the country. The parties will no longer be able to call such people ‘rebels’ or ‘militiamen’.

The UN Directorate for Humanitarian issues said that civilians were successfully removed from the territory of Azovstali in Mariupol. Buses with evacuated arrived in Zaporozhye. “I, with joy and relief, confirm that the 101 peaceful resident was successfully evacuated from the territory of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and other areas,” the UN coordinator in Ukraine said.

Russia’s Ministry of Finance has put forth a proposition to conceal the commercial registry data regarding individuals that are under Western sanctions or may face them, according to BBC Russia. According to the proposal, the Ministry of Finance is aiming to make data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and accounting documents secret. Information on enterprise managers and shareholders will become restricted, while their names will remain in the database.

Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada today in the second reading adopted a bill banning pro-Russian parties in Ukraine. This was reported on the website of the Parliament. The document provides for a ban on the activities of parties whose programs are aimed at justifying and denying armed aggression against Ukraine, or at glorifying people who commit military operations against the country.