Ukraine rejects the Russian ultimatum to surrender its control of Mariupol, with Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk saying "we have already informed the Russian side about this".
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March 21, 2022 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
The Moscow Stock Exchange reopens for bond trading after being closed for almost a month following the invasion.
Disasters and accidents
A China Eastern Boeing 737NG crashes near Wuzhou, Guangxi, China, killing all the 132 people on board. The plane descended more than 20,000 feet (6,100 m) in just over a minute.
Health and environment
Ontario removes their mask mandate for most settings with the exception of public transportation, long-term care and retirement homes, congregate care and living facilities, homes for individuals with developmental disabilities, other healthcare settings, shelters, and jails.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces that, beginning next month, Hong Kong will lift its COVID-19 restrictions and will also end its ban on flights from the U.S. and eight other countries.
International relations
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei expresses his support for negotiations and efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. He also says that the Iranian economy should not be tied to efforts to ease U.S. sanctions against the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he will consider dropping Ukraine's request to join NATO in exchange for a ceasefire.
Law and crime
Corsican nationalist leader Yvan Colonna dies several weeks after being assaulted in prison by another inmate. The attack resulted in riots on the French island, which injured dozens of people.
The Royal Gibraltar Police seize a superyacht, owned by Russian oligarch Dmitry Pumpyansky, docked at the Port of Gibraltar. Pumpyansky is currently sanctioned by the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Politics and elections
The Liberal Party of Canada reaches a tentative confidence-and-supply agreement with the New Democratic Party (NDP) that would see the NDP prop up the minority Liberal government until 2025 in exchange for progress on longtime NDP policy priorities.
Science and technology
NASA announces that they have discovered their 5000th exoplanet since 1992, when astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two exoplanets orbiting PSR B1257+12.
Sports
Russian racewalker Elena Lashmanova is banned from the Olympics for two years and will be stripped of her gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics following doping allegations against her.
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