This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates for May 21 on the Russia-Ukraine conflict:
This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates for May 21 on the Russia-Ukraine conflict:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has clarified his previous comments regarding the city of Bakhmut, saying that it is “not occupied” by Russia “as of today”.
- Earlier, he told reporters that there is “nothing left” of the eastern city and that the Russians had “destroyed everything“.
- Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated his troops and the mercenary Wagner Group for taking over Bakhmut, with the Kremlin saying the operation to “liberate” the city is over.
- Zelenskyy is attending the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan, seeking global support for Kyiv’s plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine; he tells G7 leaders it was “an obvious expression of rationality”.
(Al Jazeera)