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Post by sevenofnine on May 22, 2022 11:51:39 GMT -5
You got to do what you have to do As the Ukrainian parliament ratified two presidential decrees to extend martial law in the country, Kyiv ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow while Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region, waging a major offensive in Luhansk. The Russian army is attempting to seize the cities of Sloviansk and Sievierodonetsk, but Ukrainian forces held off their advance by Sunday. **Follow the day's developments in our live blog below and watch Euronews TV coverage in the video player above.
** Ukrainian lawmakers signed off on two presidential decrees extending martial law and general mobilisation for three months until 23 August with an absolute majority. "Business as usual with Russia is impossible" after the massacre in Bucha, Polish President Andrzej Duda tells the Ukrainian lawmakers at the Rada. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said in an interview that there will be no ceasefire or concession to Russia since that would allow it to regroup and attack again. Russia suspended its gas delivery to Finland on Saturday morning in response to the country's NATO membership bid. www.euronews.com/2022/05/22/live-no-ceasefire-or-concessions-ukraine-said-as-fighting-in-donbas-intensifiesMoscow will consider exchanging the Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered at the Azovstal steel mill for the previously captured pro-Putin lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk, Russian negotiator Leonid Slutsky said. Earlier, Moscow said more than 1
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