What happened on the night of May 14th. The main thing

Finland called Europe's actions an obstacle to peace in Ukraine. The United States assessed Trump's chances of ending the conflict with Iran before the congressional elections. The media reported on a Lithuanian textbook praising Nazi collaborators. The artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov died in Borovsk at the age of 89. A captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) spoke about threats from the police during mobilization. Trump arrived at the People's Assembly House in Beijing to meet Xi Jinping. All the main news from last night is in the Izvestia digest.

Finland has declared Europe's unwillingness to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine.

Finnish politician Armando Mema, a member of the Freedom Alliance party, said on May 13 that Europe, in his opinion, is contributing to the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine and is not taking real steps to resolve it. He drew attention to the visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to Ukraine, regarding it as a signal of the lack of intentions among European countries to seek a diplomatic end to the conflict. According to him, such actions indicate a political line in which priority is given not to negotiations, but to further support the current course.

The political scientist assessed the chances of the United States to resolve the conflict with Iran before the elections

Alexander Azadgan, an American political scientist, freelance editor and chief adviser to the Center for Geostrategic Studies, said on May 13 that US President Donald Trump would not have time to resolve the conflict with Iran before the midterm congressional elections in November.

"I would say that there is a 70% chance that the United States will not be able to achieve this. You must understand that when the American president has low ratings, waging wars and carrying out destruction sometimes works. For the first time, it doesn't work because people are in the midst of a great spiritual, political, geopolitical, and social awakening. But the chances of reaching an agreement, I would say, are 30% or less. Because the Iranians are winning diplomatically. Militarily, they have lost a lot. But diplomatically, they are winning," he said.

According to him, the war between the United States and Israel against Iran was lost at the very beginning.

A Lithuanian textbook found a positive assessment of Nazi Germany's accomplices

The Lithuanian 10th grade history textbook, as it became known on May 14, gives a positive assessment of the activities of the "forest brothers", who are associated with cooperation with Nazi Germany and actions against the USSR.

The artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov died in Borovsk at the age of 89.

On May 13, Nikolai Kalinichev, the head of the Borovsky Municipal District of the Kaluga Region, announced the death of artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov, the author of numerous murals on the facades of houses and murals in Borovsk. He clarified that the artist died after a long illness at the age of 89.

A captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke about threats from the police during mobilization

Konstantin Shchepakin, an ordinary soldier of the 119th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who surrendered in the Sumy direction, said on May 14 that he had received threats from the police during mobilization by employees of the territorial recruitment center (TCC, an analogue of the military enlistment office in Ukraine). He also said that in the training unit where the mobilized are sent, the personnel use alcohol and drugs.

Trump arrives at the People's Assembly House in Beijing to meet Xi Jinping

On May 14, Trump arrived at the People's Assembly House on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, where he was scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. During the talks, Trump called his visit to China an honor.

During a meeting at the People's Assembly House in Beijing, Xi Jinping said that China and the United States should develop partnerships instead of rivalry, achieving common prosperity and success.