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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• No Truce, Concessions, Ukraine Says, as Russia Focuses on Donbas VOA 21 May 2022 -- There will be no cease-fire or concessions to Russia, Ukraine's lead negotiator said Saturday as Russia upped its assault on Luhansk, one of the two provinces that make up the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on May 21, 2022 Ukraine MOD 21 May 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 21.05 Ukraine MOD 21 May 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on May 21, 2022 Ukraine MOD 21 May 2022
• Russian forces "completely liberate" Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol People's Daily 21 May 2022 -- Russian forces have "completely liberated" the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
• Demining in Ukraine to take 5-7 years: official People's Daily 21 May 2022 -- The work on clearing the territory of Ukraine from the landmines scattered during the conflict with Russia would take between five and seven years, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday, citing a senior Ukrainian official.
• Russia claims full control of Mariupol, siege at Azovstal plant over Press TV 21 May 2022 -- The last members of the Ukrainian military's Azov unit holed up in Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steelworks surrendered late on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said, ending days of siege.
• Russia says it destroyed Western arms haul in Ukraine with Kalibr missiles Press TV 21 May 2022 -- Russia on Saturday said it has destroyed a major haul of Western weapons in Ukraine's restive Zhytomyr region, west of Kiev, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles, amid growing tensions with the US and European Union states.

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Foreign Policy

• Biden, Blinken, Burns permanently banned entry to Russia Press TV 21 May 2022 -- US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and CIA chief William Burns have been banned from entry to Russia as relations between the two world powers continue a constant downward spiral over the crisis in Ukraine.
• Russia Bans 963 Prominent Americans From Entering Russia RFE/RL 21 May 2022 -- Russia has published a list of 963 government officials and leading Americans who are banned from entering the country in retaliation for similar moves by Washington since the offensive in Ukraine.
• Moscow Bans 963 US Citizens From Entering Russia as Countermeasure Sputnik 21 May 2022 -- Moscow has banned 963 US individuals, including US President Joe Biden, his relatives, and other officials and managers, from entering Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
• Russia to cut gas supplies to Finland starting Saturday People's Daily 21 May 2022 -- Russia's Gazprom Export will suspend gas deliveries to Finland from Saturday, as it had not received the necessary payment in rubles from Finnish state-owned energy firm Gasum.

News Reports

• Russia Adds Chess Champion Kasparov, Former Tycoon Khodorkovsky To 'Foreign Agents' Registry RFE/RL 21 May 2022 -- The Russian Justice Ministry has added Kremlin critics Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oil tycoon, to its registry of "foreign agents."
• Russia Could 'Blackmail' World Amid Global Food Crisis, Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Warns RFE/RL 21 May 2022 -- Ukraine's top presidential adviser has warned that Russia is deliberately aiming to "kill the potential" of his country and "blackmail" the world by destroying Ukraine's agricultural sector and blockading its Black Sea ports in order to worsen an evolving global food crisis.
• 'Putin Only Understands Force,' Says Ukrainian Ex-President In Call For United Response Against Russia RFE/RL 21 May 2022 -- Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has a simple message for his fellow politicians in Ukraine and leaders across the world: stay united and don't compromise when dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.