Odessa was fired with three Kinzhal rockets when the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, was in the city. It is reported by "Suspilne Odessa". The airstrike destroyed five tourist infrastructure buildings and injured two people, local authorities said. According to them, the missiles were fired from a Tu-22 aircraft. In addition, the publication reports a fire in a shopping center in Odessa. On Monday, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, arrived in Odessa.

US President Joe Biden signed the Lend-Lease Act, which simplifies the provision of military assistance to Ukraine. This was announced by the representative of the press service of the White House, Angela Perez.

A total of 125 people were detained in Russia on Victory Day, OVD-Info, a Russian human rights group that monitors political arrests, reports .

Employees of the Moscow Metro are forced to undergo "an extraordinary medical examination for subsequent possible sending to the war in Ukraine." It is reported by "Nimage" with reference to the human rights project "Call for Conscience". According to the wife of one of the employees of the Moscow metro, who contacted the hotline of a coalition of lawyers and experts, employees are threatened with dismissal or criminal charges if they refuse to undergo a medical examination.

What do the Czechs and Russians think about Victory Day, who came to the Honorary Cemetery of the Red Army in Prague More than 400 Red Army soldiers were buried in the Olshansky cemetery in Prague - their graves are surrounded by a monument to a soldier with a rifle in even rows of obelisks. On May 8, the memory of the fighters of the Red Army and the heroes of the Prague uprising was revealed by the president of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman.

On Victory Day in Russia, a total of 125 people were detained, calculated . the human rights project OVD-Info 82 people were detained for anti-war symbols and anti-war actions, another 43 for past actions and statements, as well as for actions with other themes or “for preventive purposes”. According to human rights activists, at least 37 people were detained in the Moscow metro using a facial recognition system.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine suffered "heavy losses" in an attempt to capture the Snake Island. At the same time, the Ukrainian military reports that Russia bears the losses.

Monologues of veterans of the Great Patriotic War - about the war in Ukraine At the end of March 2022, producer Dmitry Lesnevsky decided to talk with veterans of the Great Patriotic War about the war in Ukraine. Filming was to be held in Russia, Belarus, Germany and Israel. However, only veterans from the last country agreed to conversation. The rest refused due to various fears. With the permission of Dmitry Lesnevsky, we publish these monologues.

In Ukraine, the 55-year-old Netherlands citizen Ron Voglaar, who fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, died. It is reported by De Telegraaf. Photo: Tijdvoornieuws According to the newspaper, the man died on May 4 during artillery shelling near Kharkov. His daughter wrote in social networks that Voglaar "never spared about her decision [to go to Ukraine]." “He was happy, and felt that he was in the right place. His commander said: “He died a hero,” she said.

The memories of Lyudmila Gurchenko about the occupation of Kharkov. Excerpts from the biography "My adult childhood" The German military is included in Kharkov. October 1941.

According to the Russian Interior Ministry, over one million people have taken part in the Immortal Regiment march in the Russian capital, Interfax news agency reports. The Immortal Regiment is a massive civil event during which thousands of people march in Moscow and cities around the world with portraits of relatives who took part in WWII.

The Paris Court of Appeal has sentenced former French Prime Minister François Fillon to four years in prison, finding him guilty of creating fictitious jobs in the French parliament. It is reported by Le Monde. Three of the four years were given probation. Fillon's wife Penelope received two years' probation. The court also imposed fines of 375,000 euros on the former prime minister and his wife. Lawyers are going to file a cassation appeal.

A participant of the Immortal Regiment rally Yekaterina Voronina was detained in Korolev, a city in the Moscow Region, for carrying a portrait of her relative who fought in WWII signed “He wouldn’t have wanted to do it again," OVD-Info, a Russian human rights group that monitors political arrests, stated. The Immortal Regiment is a massive civil event during which thousands of people march in Moscow and cities around the world with portraits of relatives who took part in WWII.

The premiere of the anti -war clip of the Group "Leg Shard!" Maxim Pokrovsky The musician, the leader of the group "Leged!" - "Back Russia!" - Our fourth song since the beginning of the war. She was preceded by “We do not need war!”, “The letter“ Zu ”and“ Generation Z ”. 100% of the musical material created by the group over the past two months is devoted to this topic. Another is not and cannot be. She is now not the main, but the only one.

Ruslan Akhmetshin, ex-operator of Navalny's headquarters in Arkhangelsk, was detained at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, who is under a ban on certain actions in the case of the "rehabilitation of Nazism." It is reported by Sever.Realii. According to human rights activist Vladimir Vasilenko, Akhmetshin was detained by border guards and FSB officers, and then taken to the linear police department at the airport.