What happened on the day of May 19th. The main thing

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China on an official two-day visit. The head of state went on a trip at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. At Beijing's Beijing Capital Airport, Putin was greeted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and an honor guard. Other main events of the day are in the Izvestia digest.

In Buryatia, five people died in the crash of an airboat on Lake Baikal.

On Lake Baikal, in the area of Turtle Rock, the Sever-750 airboat capsized. There were 18 people on board, five of them died. The preliminary cause of the incident is overloading. The East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office has established that the vessel, which was sailing along the coast, belongs to the tour operator Kristalny Baikal. The cost of such an excursion could amount to 16.5 thousand rubles per person. A criminal case has been opened under Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of more than two persons").

Russia begins three-day nuclear exercises

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have begun three-day exercises on the preparation and use of strategic nuclear forces. More than 7,8 thousand pieces of equipment, 13 submarines, over 140 aircraft and more than 64 thousand military personnel are involved in the maneuvers. The exercises are necessary to improve the skills of the management and operational staff in the organization of subordinate management.

An‑2 emergency landing in Yakutia

The An‑2 plane, carrying eight passengers, made an emergency landing in a forest in Yakutia. After landing, the aircraft burned down. Three people were injured in the incident. All the crew members were injured: the ship's commander was hospitalized with thermal burns, the observer pilot suffered leg burns, and the parachutist escaped with a bruise. A criminal case has been opened into the incident. The main version of what happened is an engine failure.

SVR warned about the plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to launch UAVs from the Baltic States

Ukraine plans to launch drones (UAVs) from the territory of the Baltic states, hoping to reduce the time of approach to Russian targets, the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation reported. Military personnel of the unmanned systems forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), stationed at five military bases, have already been sent to Latvia. The SVR stressed that the coordinates of the decision-making centers on Latvian territory are "well known," and membership in NATO "will not protect terrorist accomplices from just retribution."

The Russian Armed Forces liberated Volokhovka in the Kharkiv region

Units of the North group of forces of the Russian Armed Forces have established control over the village of Volokhovka in the Kharkiv region. Motorized rifle troops, together with drone strike crews, knocked out the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants from buildings, dugouts and basements. To hold the village, Kiev deployed two groups of attack aircraft of a mechanized brigade, but this did not work. The Ukrainian militants suffered losses and were forced to retreat, abandoning their positions.

WHO: Ebola outbreak in Africa may be delayed

The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted that the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is unlikely to end in two months. According to the head of the organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, more than 500 suspected cases of the disease and about 130 probable deaths have been identified. Mikhail Murashko, the head of the Russian Ministry of Health, said that Russia supports WHO's coordinating role in global health protection.