Top stories for May 24

Top stories for May 24

🔹Andrey Zvyagintsev received the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix for his film "Minotaur," but federal TV channels did not notice it because of his vivid anti-war speech.

🔹The Russian army launched a massive attack on Ukraine using drones and missiles, including the "Oreshnik". In Kyiv and the Kyiv region, four people were killed and about 100 more were injured.

🔹As a result of this shelling, for the first time since World War II the historic Foreign Ministry building, museums, the opera house, as well as residential buildings, a market, a shopping center, and supermarkets were damaged.

🔹Zelensky reacted emotionally to the shelling, calling Putin an "old nutcase" who cannot pronounce "hooray."

🔹Russia's Defense Ministry called the strikes on Ukraine a "response to terrorist strikes," saying that "no strikes on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure were planned or carried out."

🔹The EU announced new measures against Russia after the "Oreshnik" strike, and Macron spoke by phone with Lukashenko for the first time since 2022 and warned him about the risks of entering the war with Ukraine.

🔹A shooting took place near the White House, and the attacker was killed.