Zelenskyy: Russians must feel that this war of theirs has to end. Ukraine’s medium and long-range sanctions will keep working. 2X
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Zelenskyy: SBU strikes FSB HQ, kills 100, destroys Pantsir-S1
Zelenskyy: SBU struck a Russian FSB headquarters. Around 100 Russian soldiers killed and wounded in this operation alone.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 21 mai 2026
Also destroyed a Pantsir-S1 air defense system.
1/ pic.twitter.com/r0DmE945WdZelenskyy: SBU struck a Russian FSB headquarters. Around 100 Russian soldiers killed and wounded in this operation alone. Also destroyed a Pantsir-S1 air defense system. 1/
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Russian infantry meets drones with shattering finale
У районі відповідальності бригади «#Спартан» все стабільно: російська піхота йде в один кінець – тобто до першої зустрічі з нашими дронами.
— НГУ (@ng_ukraine) 21 mai 2026
Кожному недоштурмовику ми гарантуємо розривний фінал, як на відео💥 pic.twitter.com/Qt81aFz2PwIn the area of responsibility of the "#Spartan" brigade, everything is stable: Russian infantry is heading in one direction—that is, toward their first encounter with our drones. To every wannabe stormtrooper, we guarantee a shattering finale, just like in the video
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Ukraine develops low-cost interceptor missiles to counter Russian Shahed drones
Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine has developed low-cost interceptor missiles designed to shoot down Russian Shahed attack drones. The missiles are currently undergoing testing, while there are plans to scale production by dozens of times and build up stockpiles
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Putin’s weakened visit to Beijing; Russia loses territory, China gains energy leverage
Putin came to Beijing weaker than at his last visit. Moscow took 500+ drones three days earlier. Russia lost net territory last month for the first time since Aug 2024. With Middle East crude squeezed, Xi now extracts energy on Beijing's terms — CNN. 1/
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Starmer eases sanctions on Russian oil
Source: https://
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/
05/20/starmer-eases-sanctions-on-russian-oil/
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UK’s new powers to seize Russian tankers fail to stop 12 ships
In the week after Starmer signed new powers to seize Russian shadow fleet tankers, about a dozen sanctioned Russian ships passed through the English Channel unboarded. The Foreign Office says the overall regime is tougher. It now contains two named indefinite exemptions. 7/
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US exempted Russian oil; UK later made indefinite exemption
The US carved out exemptions for Russian oil already at sea in March. London called that decision a boost to Putin's "war machine." Two months later, Britain wrote its own exemption and made it indefinite. 6/
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Apartments Given to Ukrainian Families by KADORR Group
Eleven Ukrainian families who lost their homes due to Russia’s war received new apartments on Wednesday in a housing giveaway organized by KADORR Group and its chairman, Ruslan Kivan.
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) 21 mai 2026
This was the second apartment transfer; during the first, KADORR Group gifted apartments to… pic.twitter.com/ySdXvWlUzFEleven Ukrainian families who lost their homes due to Russia’s war received new apartments on Wednesday in a housing giveaway organized by KADORR Group and its chairman, Ruslan Kivan. This was the second apartment transfer; during the first, KADORR Group gifted apartments to
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Automated air defense goal to protect civilians from airstrikes
The next goal is 100% automation of air defense — a system that detects and destroys targets without human involvement. Hvozdiar: "This could protect countless civilians suffering from Russian airstrikes every day." 8X
