Combat Operations
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United States
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Combat Operations

• 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.

Ukraine

• Zelenskyy: Battle Against Russia 'Difficult,' 'Bloody,' But Will End In 'Diplomacy' VOA 21 May 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy says victory in his country's ongoing war with Russia will ultimately come through a diplomatic settlement.
• The war continues, and each of us must take care of the defense every day - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 21 May 2022
• Andriy Yermak met with the heads of embassies of the European Union member states and the EU Delegation President of Ukraine 21 May 2022
• If the world does not help Ukraine unblock its ports, the energy crisis will be followed by a food crisis - President President of Ukraine 21 May 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy expects positive decisions from the second meeting of partner countries in the Ramstein format President of Ukraine 21 May 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Prime Minister of Portugal in Kyiv President of Ukraine 21 May 2022
• Before the war, the allies recommended that we dig trenches, and we told them: give weapons - President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 21 May 2022
• Victory can be achieved only in battle, and fixing the end of the war will still be diplomatic - Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 21 May 2022
• Ukraine's Zelensky says 'diplomacy' only way to end war, his advisor beats war drums Press TV 21 May 2022 -- While Ukraine's president has alleged that the only way out of the February-present war with Russia passes through diplomatic corridors, his advisor seems to advocate prolongation of the war, ruling out a ceasefire with Moscow.
• Ukraine Expects Positive Response From West To Request For More Sophisticated Weapons RFE/RL 21 May 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he has "high expectations" for a second round of meetings scheduled for next week of the partner countries supplying weapons to Ukraine.

Russia

• 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.

United States

• Biden signs $40 bn Ukraine aid package, putting COVID funds on backburner Press TV 21 May 2022 -- US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that provides nearly $40 billion of additional humanitarian and military aid for Ukraine, in a move that prioritizes assistance for Kiev over fight against the coronavirus in the world's worst-hit country.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Ukraine gets 600-mln-euro financial aid from EU People's Daily 21 May 2022 -- Ukraine has received the second tranche of 600 million euros (634 million U.S. dollars) of the European Union's (EU's) emergency macro-financial assistance program, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said Friday.
• OSCE/UN Roundtable calls for strengthening protection of children against violence, including trafficking, amid the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine OSCE 21 May 2022 -- Strengthening protection of Ukrainian children against any form of violence, including trafficking, was the focus of the roundtable organized on 20 May 2022 by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.
• EU Justice Official Says War Crimes in Ukraine 'Will Not Go Unpunished' RFE/RL 21 May 2022 -- EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has vowed that war crimes in Ukraine will be criminally prosecuted and that atrocities committed during the Russian invasion "will not go unpunished."
• Official Dushanbe Silent As Tajik Society Deeply Divided On Ukraine War RFE/RL 21 May 2022 -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine was accompanied by an unprecedented information and propaganda campaign aimed at justifying the war both inside Russia and abroad -- especially in the post-Soviet countries traditionally considered Russia's geopolitical allies.

News Reports

• 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.
• Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 21 VOA 21 May 2022