Russia Ukraine War Live Updates: Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Russian troops not to fight, discusses UN’s Mariupol evacuation efforts with UK PM
Hollywood actress and UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, the Lviv regional governor said on Telegram. According to Maksym Kozytskyy, Jolie – who has been a UNHCR Special Envoy for Refugees since 2011 – had come to speak with displaced people who have found refuge in Lviv, including children undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in the missile strike on the Kramatorsk railway station in early April.
Meanwhile, a Russian rocket attack destroyed an airport runway in Odesa, Ukraine’s third-largest city and a key Black Sea port, the Ukrainian army said. In a Telegram post, Ukraine’s Operational Command South said there was no way that the Odesa runway could be used as a result of the rocket attack.
In other news, Prices for Russian credit default swaps – insurance contracts that protect an investor against a default – plunged sharply overnight after Moscow used its precious foreign currency reserves to make a last minute debt payment. The cost for a five-year credit default swap on Russian debt was US $5.84 million to protect US $10 million in debt.
