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9:56 AM

UK Defense Ministry: Sieverodonetsk area remains Russia’s tactical priority.

According to the latest intelligence update by the U.K. Defense Ministry, Russia’s only operational company of BMP-T Terminator tank support vehicles has likely been deployed to the Sieverodonetsk axis of the Donbas offensive. The intelligence added that with a maximum of 10 Terminators deployed, they are unlikely to impact the campaign drastically.
2:14 AM

Zelensky: Situation in Donbas 'very difficult.'

President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his daily briefing that the Russian military continues its efforts to advance on Sloviansk and Sievierodonetsk but that Ukrainian forces are holding back the offensive.
2:02 AM

Mayor: More than 1,000 apartments damaged in Lozova after shelling.

A Russian missile strike on the city of Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast on May 20 also damaged 11 educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and completely destroyed the city's house of culture, Lozova Mayor Serhiy Zelensky said on May 21 in a video address on Telegram.
12:44 AM

Bild: Germany has unused Marder vehicles which it refuses to provide to Ukraine.

The German newspaper Bild has obtained a classified document stating that Germany has 62 Marder infantry fighting vehicles that are no longer used and could therefore be given to Ukraine. Earlier Germany stated it cannot supply any Marder vehicles to Ukraine because all 343 of them were being used by the German military.
12:34 AM

Podolyak: Ukraine rules out ceasefire or concessions to Russia.

In an interview with Reuters on May 21, presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said agreeing to a ceasefire would backfire as Russia would use the pause in fighting to prepare for further offensives. "The (Russian) forces must leave the country and after that the resumption of the peace process will be possible," he said.
11:47 PM

Ukrainian troops say they destroyed Russian battalion tactical group.

The group was liquidated while attempting to cross the Siversky Donets river near the village of Serebryanka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine's 30th Mechanized Brigade said. The Ukrainian soldiers said they had destroyed dozens of Russian troops and several units of equipment, as well as a pontoon bridge.
11:11 PM

Statue of Russian writer Alexander Pushkin taken down in Mykolaiv.

The mayor of the city, Oleksandr Senkevych, said the monument was taken down to avoid vandalism, and a decision on what to do with it will be made after the war is over. Since Russia launched the ongoing large-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Ukraine has witnessed "derussification" - the dismantlement of some momuments to Russians and the renaming of some streets named after Russians.
10:14 PM

CIT: Ukraine could be ready for a counteroffensive within 2 months.

Ruslan Leviev, head of the Conflict Intelligence Team, told the Meduza news site that the war is likely to turn in Ukraine's favor in one and a half or two months. He cited the popular demand for an offensive and the arrival of Western weapons. The Conflict Intelligence Team is an independent Russian open-source intelligence outfit.
9:14 PM

Russia to consider exchanging Mariupol defenders for Medvedchuk.

Leonid Slutsky, a member of the Russian delegation in talks with Ukraine, said that Russia would consider exchanging the Ukrainian soldiers who were taken by Russia as prisoners of war in Mariupol for pro-Kremlin member of parliament Viktor Medvedchuk. The Ukrainian soldiers surrendered earlier in May after defending the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, for months. Medvedchuk is currently under arrest in a treason case.
6:36 PM

Russia bans US top officials including Biden, Harris from entry.

963 U.S. nationals, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and CIA Director William Burns are now denied entry to Russia. Russian Foreign Ministry took this step in response to U.S. sanctions over Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
6:11 PM

Portugal to provide 250 million euros to Ukraine.

"This will help Ukraine maintain macroeconomic stability during the war and allow us to recover sooner after our victory," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said during the meeting with Portugal's Prime Minister António Costa. The funds will the allocated through the International Monetary Fund.
5:18 PM

Zelensky expects multiple rocket launchers to be approved for Ukraine.

Representatives of more than 40 countries will meet online on May 23 to discuss further military support for Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 21 that multiple rocket launchers could be a game-changer against Russia in Donbas. "We appeal to all countries to supply MLRS systems, thanks to which Ukraine will be able to take the initiative and liberate its territory," he said.
4:27 PM

'Saint Javelin' mural being painted in Kyiv.

The mural will portray the viral “Saint Javelin” meme with an Orthodox Madonna clad in green and cradling a Javelin anti-tank missile, which Ukraine uses as it battles Russian aggression. The mural will be the first of a series of murals on Antonova Street, according to former deputy of the Kyiv City Council Andriy Andreev.
3:58 PM

Ukraine launches hotline for Russian army's soldiers to surrender.

After intercepting phone calls from soldiers conscripted by Russia in the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine wh compare their service to “slavery” and ask for help, Ukraine’s State Security Service launched the “2024” hotline for the Russian army’s soldiers willing to surrender.

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10:32 PM

UK sanctions Russian officials and lab over chemical weapons use in Ukraine.

According to the updated sanctions list published on the U.K. government's official website, the new measures target Russia's Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry, as well as Lieutenant General Alexei Rtishchev, head of Russia's Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops, and his deputy, Andrei Marchenko.
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