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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 21.04.2023 Ukraine MOD 21 Apr 2023

Ukraine

• Andriy Yermak had phone talk with foreign policy advisors to heads of government of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, foreign policy advisor to Finland's President President of Ukraine 21 Apr 2023
• Now we all need to stay united, mobilized and fully focused on defense - address of the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 21 Apr 2023
• President held a meeting with the EBRD President President of Ukraine 21 Apr 2023
• Daria Herasymchuk met with the delegation of the European Commission, European Parliament and Sweden led by Dubravka Šuica President of Ukraine 21 Apr 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief President of Ukraine 21 Apr 2023
• Peace must become irreplaceable, that is why evil must lose - speech by the President of Ukraine at the General Congress of the United Mexican States President of Ukraine 21 Apr 2023

Russia

• Press release on the Ukrainian crisis Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Apr 2023
• 'We Are Waiting For You': Nearly Five Months After Deadly Strike, Dozens Of Russian Families Search For Missing Soldiers RFE/RL 21 Apr 2023 -- "Looking for my brother," reads a social-media post published on March 26. "Mozharov, Stanislav Vitalyevich, 10.10.77 D.O.B., Mobilized. Last contact was December 31, 2022. Forty-Fourth regiment. Was in Makiyivka during the strike. Come back, brother! We are all waiting for you. Please help a mother get her son back. Maybe someone has seen him? Please, help us."

United States

• Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley Hold a Post-Ukraine Defense Contact Group Press Conference, Ramstein Air Base, Germany DoD 21 Apr 2023
• Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the 11th Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) DoD 21 Apr 2023
• Following Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Austin Reminds Members of Their Impact DoD News 21 Apr 2023 -- After a full day of discussion during the 11th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III reminded participating nations of the significance of their commitments.
• U.S.-Led Ukraine Defense Contact Group Convenes for 11th Discussion DoD News 21 Apr 2023 -- This morning, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov for a bilateral discussion in advance of the 11th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The first such meeting was held last April, also at Ramstein.
• Milley Says Ukraine Has Leadership, Morale to Beat Russia DoD News 21 Apr 2023 -- More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his war of choice against Ukraine, Ukraine continues to fight, and allies and partners continue to support and stand behind the nation, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley said at Ramstein Air Base, Germany today.
• US Military Leaders Pledge Support for Ukraine 'as Long as It Takes' VOA 21 Apr 2023 -- The top U.S. military officials meeting Friday in Germany reaffirmed the U.S. and allied commitment to support Ukraine against Russia's invasion for "as long as it takes."
• U.S. Military Chiefs Say Increasing Ukraine's Air Defense Capability Most Urgent Critical Task RFE/RL 21 Apr 2023 -- Fortifying Ukraine's air defense capability was the major theme of a meeting on April 21 of dozens of countries that have supported Kyiv in its fight against invading Russian forces and as it prepares to launch a spring counteroffensive.
• US Defense Secretary: US Expediting Abrams Delivery to Ukraine, Tanks Will Arrive in Germany Soon Sputnik 21 Apr 2023 -- The United States' timeline for providing M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine has been expedited to deliver training tanks to Germany in the coming weeks, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Friday.

NATO

• NATO Secretary General in Ramstein: we must step up support for Ukraine NATO 21 Apr 2023 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a meeting of the US-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Ramstein, Germany on Friday (21 April 2023), following his visit to Ukraine. The meeting was chaired by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley.
• Ukraine's Accession to NATO Discussed, Quick Decision Not Expected - Berlin Sputnik 21 Apr 2023 -- The NATO members are discussing Ukraine's possible accession to the bloc, but this decision will be made later since it is not on the agenda at the moment, German government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said on Friday.
• Stoltenberg Claims All NATO Allies Agree Ukraine Should Become Member of Alliance Sputnik 21 Apr 2023 -- All NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine should become a member of the alliance, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.

United Nations

• Update 154 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 21 Apr 2023 -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts present at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have heard shelling almost every day over the past week and at one point were told to shelter at the site because of the potential dangers caused by continued military activity in the region, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
• IAEA Chief Says 'Deeply Concerned' Over Situation at Zaporozhye NPP Sputnik 21 Apr 2023 -- Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Friday he was "deeply concerned" over the security situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP), as the IAEA experts present there had reported about hearing explosions almost every day for the past week.

Foreign Reactions

• Defence Minister Anita Anand announces approximately $39 million military aid package for Ukraine Canada 21 Apr 2023 -- Today, Defence Minister Anita Anand participated in the eleventh meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, hosted by United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III.
• Canada to Provide Ukraine With New Military Aid Package Worth $29Mln Sputnik 21 Apr 2023 -- Ottawa will provide Ukraine with a new military aid package worth $29 million to be spent on fuel and sniper rifles among others, Canada's Ministry of National Defense said on Friday.
• Support for Ukraine accelerated in a show of continued unity at Ramstein UK MOD 21 Apr 2023 -- Defence Secretary Ben Wallace attended the 11th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group today
• Pevkur and Reznikov signed defence cooperation agreement Estonia MoD 21 Apr 2023 -- Today in Ramstein at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting, Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur and Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleskii Reznikov signed a defence cooperation agreement between Estonia and Ukraine.
• Europe Set to Curb Ukrainian Grain Deals After Farmers Protest VOA 21 Apr 2023 -- The European Union is reportedly preparing emergency curbs on Ukrainian food products after several member states bordering Ukraine imposed their own import bans in recent days, complaining that a glut of cheap produce is hitting their own farmers.
• Romania To Hold Off On Ukrainian Grain Ban For Now RFE/RL 21 Apr 2023 -- Romania says it will hold off on a ban on Ukrainian grain imports as it awaits a decision from the European Union on enforcing proposed measures aimed at easing a glut that has flooded Eastern Europe from Ukraine.
• Vucic: Washington Buys Up to One-Third of Serbia's Arms That May End Up in Ukraine Sputnik 21 Apr 2023 -- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that Washington purchases between one-fourth and one-third of Serbia's defense industry products that may end up in Ukraine.

News Reports

• US Urged Ukraine to Cut Its Losses & Leave Artemovsk: 'Pentagon Leak' Sputnik 21 Apr 2023 -- Artemovsk (Bakhmut), located north of the city of Donetsk, has been the scene of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine for months now, with heavy fighting continuing in the western parts of the important transport hub.
• Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy Says Counteroffensive Is Coming VOA 21 Apr 2023 -- In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was readying for a counteroffensive.