- A Brazilian Rafael Lusvarghi, a former volunteer fighter for the Russia-led forces in the Donbas who secretly lived in a monastery in Kyiv until last week, was detained for two months.
- According to the latest reports, 53 children and four teachers went down with symptoms of a serious poisoning in Cherkasy school. What caused mass poisoning has not been identified yet.
- Ukrainian government approved a new brand of Ukraine developed by the Kyiv-based Banda agency, which made a logo and identity for the 2017 Eurovision song contest held in Kyiv.
- Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine said it had finished an investigation into a murder of a former Russian Duma MP Denis Voronenkov killed in Kyiv last March.
- U.S. envoy for Ukraine negotiations Kurt Volker will visit Kyiv on May 14.
- Xenophobia, pickpockets, alcohol, and political sensitivity to tensions between Russia and Ukraine — the British Embassy issued travel advice for Liverpool fans coming to Kyiv for the UEFA Champions League final.
- Numbers of the day: Russia violated ceasefire 1,512 times in 34 days of the so-called Easter truce.
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