The Ukrainian Military Prosecutor's Office says there have been 138 noncombat deaths among soldiers in eastern Ukraine due to drunkenness.
Ukrainian subtitles for RFE/RL's salute to William Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago today:
First lady Marina Poroshenko makes a call for Ukrainians to support singer Jamal at the May 10 Eurovision Song Contest's semifinals. Jamal is a Crimean Tatar whose song is called 1944 and is about Stalin's deportation of the Crimean Tatars.
An anti-Russia protest in Yerevan ahead of a visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:
An interesting piece about the history of Crimea:
Construction work on the highway from Odesa to Reni will begin in late May:
Pro-Russian officials in Crimea have begun a daily train service from Sevastopol to Kerch:
President Petro Poroshenko has intstructed the Defense Ministry to accelerate the development of placing chaplains throughout the armed forces.