One of the resistance points in Slavyanka The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, announced the death of four soldiers under Slavic and a wound for another thirty - in battles with pro -Russian armed detachments that control the city. According to Avakov, local armed groups occupying Slavyansk use civilians as a "living shield" and conduct fire, hiding in buildings.

Police in front of the Odessa Regional Administration building May 5, 2014 In Odessa, mass events dedicated to the celebration of Victory Day will not be held. This was announced today by the acting mayor of the city Oleg Bryndak, whose words are given by ITAR-TASS. According to the mayor, only the so -called "halves" and concerts of songs of the war years will be held. “We cannot deprive this veterans. This holiday, like no other, must unite people,” said Bryndak.

Dmitry Rogozin The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova holds consultations with the Russian Embassy in Chisinau regarding the visit of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to Tiraspol on May 9. This was reported by Moldovan media. As Publika TV, the deputy minister of foreign affairs of Moldova, Valery Kivy, told the Chisinau TV channel, Rogozin and the possible consequences of such a trip are discussed with Russian diplomats.

In the picture: Nigerian women express the anger of one of the previous shares of "Boko Haram" - an explosion in a hospital in Abuj In Nigeria, the Islamist group "Boko Haram" took responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls. The leader of the extremists Abubakar Shekau said that 276 girls were stolen in the state of Borno for subsequent sale to slavery. According to Shekau, new such abductions are being prepared.

In Moscow, on Monday night, the People's Artist of Russia Tatyana Samoilova died, cinema actors said today in the guild. On the eve of Tatyana Samoilova turned 80. Yesterday, Samoilova went to the hospital, according to some reports, due to coronary heart disease and hypertension. World Glory came to Tatyana Samoilova in 1957 after the release of Mikhail Kalatozov’s film “Cranes are flying,” where she played the main female role.

Igor Kolomoisky (left) In Dnepropetrovsk, on May 11, a congress of representatives of the authorities of the southeastern regions of Ukraine was appointed on May 11. The initiator of its holding is the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, appointed by the new Kyiv authorities, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

One of the films of the festival talks about the murder of a LGBT teenage In St. Petersburg, the opening of the festival of documentary films on human rights is broken In St. Petersburg, the opening of the festival of documentary films "May 32", dedicated to human rights, is torn, relevant for different countries. The festival was supposed to open today with the show of Putin's Games - about corruption, offenses and environmental harm related to preparation for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The Donetsk International Airport reported on his Facebook page about the temporary termination of flights between Moscow and Donetsk. The report said that the airport is not the initiator of this decision and obeys an organization that controls the air traffic in Ukraine. UNIAN agency reports that Sergey Prokofiev’s international airport is one of the largest aircraft transport enterprises in Ukraine.

The Prime Minister of Slovenia Alenka Brothers fired from the post of Prime Minister of the country, calling for early elections. She announced her decision to the speaker of the parliament today after she lost the vote for the post of leader of the Positive Slovenia party. Brothers, according to the results of the internal party vote, lost the leadership of the mayor of Lububwean Zoran Yankovich.

The bill on the tightening of sanctions provides for measures against a number of large Russian banks American politicians insist on imposing new sanctions against Russia as soon as possible US President Barack Obama at the end of last week stated that America was ready to impose new sanctions against Russia if Moscow does not change its course in relation to Ukraine.

The commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak believes that the militants fighting in Slavyansk are well trained, while they, according to the minister, "far from Slavic appearance." The commander claims that the enemy provokes troops to use heavy weapons so that more civilians become victims of battles. Combat detachments in Slavyansk are armed with grenade launchers, mortars, machine guns - the Ukrainian military claims.

Lawyer Yaroslav Mikhailov, representing the police union of the Kirov region and the Republic of Tatarstan, appealed to the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia with a demand to check for extremism in Kirov on May 1 of the Russian March. According to Mikhailov, the march participants during the action used fascist symbols and shouted the "Bandera" slogans.

The United States and other Big Seven countries are ready to introduce new sanctions against Russia if it continues to trample the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. This was stated at a briefing in Washington, the press secretary of the White House Jay Carney.

Ukrainian servicemen block the road from Kramatorsk to Slavyansk In Slavyansk, during the anti -terrorist operation, at least five people from among the separatists received severe injuries today, Interfax reports with reference to the headquarters of the so -called folk militia. Ukrainian army units attacked the checkpoints of pro -Russian activists in Slavyansk. Fierce battles are underway, the representative of the separatists said.