What happened on the night of May 12th. The main thing

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has officially announced the defrocking of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate (UOC KP), Patriarch Nikodim Kobzar. It became known about the secret military strikes of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the territory of Iran. Some of the passengers of the MV Hondius liner had nervous breakdowns due to the outbreak of hantavirus on board. Islamabad is likely to retain the status of a platform for negotiations between the United States and Iran. All the details and other news are in the Izvestia digest.

Patriarch of the UOC-KP Nikodim Kobzar was defrocked

The Synod of the OCU, led by Epiphany Dumenko, decided to "defrocket" Kobzar. The OCU indicated that Bishops of the UOC-KP Mikhail Kovalyuk and Nikon Grablyak were found guilty of canonical violations and deprived of their priestly status, they were accused of arbitrariness, the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ) reported.

The UAE's covert strikes on Iran

The UAE armed forces have launched covert military strikes on Iranian territory. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Iranian oil refineries were among the targets for the strikes.

"These attacks indicate that the country is now more willing to use them to defend its economic might and growing influence in the Middle East," the newspaper reports.

OSCE ignores inconvenient facts about Ukraine

Some member States of the Organization for Security and Co—operation in Europe (OSCE) refuse to take into account inconvenient facts about the situation in Ukraine and do not allow discussion about the need for changes after the end of the active phase of the conflict.

"The Europeans simply do not allow any discussion that something will need to be changed in Ukraine after the end of the hot phase of the conflict. In their opinion, everything is going in the right direction in this country," said Dmitry Polyansky, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the organization.

Islamabad will remain a platform for negotiations between the United States and Iran

The capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, is expected to retain the status of a platform for negotiations between the United States and Iran, since Pakistan's mediation role suits both sides of the conflict. Pakistan's Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niyaz Tirmidhi pointed out that historically Geneva and Oman have been used for dialogue, but in recent weeks the republic has begun to play a more prominent role in the process.

The situation with the spread of hantavirus on the MV Hondius liner

Some of the passengers on board the MV Hondius suffered a nervous breakdown amid the outbreak of hantavirus on board the ship. At the same time, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the decision not to isolate passengers on board the ship, but to send them home under medical supervision, was the most reasonable approach. He expressed disagreement with the idea of continuing to isolate people on the liner, describing such measures as unnecessarily harsh.

Sweden recognizes the inevitability of negotiations with the Russian Federation

Negotiations with Russia will be inevitable in the future, so the search for compromises between Russia and Europe is necessary, said Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Steenergaard.

"I think we should focus on changing the approach," she suggested.

Trump named possible successors

US Vice President Jay Dee Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio could become potential successors to the American leader as head of state, said the current President of the United States, Donald Trump. He noted that both officials would make a "dream team," but did not specify anything.

The list of medical specialties may change from September

Starting from September 1, more than ten new medical specialties and positions may appear in Russia, according to a draft order from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. It is planned to include such areas as medical biology, neuropsychology, nutrition, physical rehabilitation and others. There will also be positions of a doctor in the field of healthy longevity medicine and a nutritionist.