Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters abroad reported that the Ukrainian Ministry of defense confirmed on the 17th that the Ukrainian army wounded at the Asian speed steel plant have been evacuated. On the same day, Swedish Prime Minister Andersson and Finnish President ninisto announced that the two countries would jointly submit their application to join NATO. —— Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov announced on the 17th that the Ukrainian army and Ukrainian military forces "Asian speed battalion" personnel trapped in the Ukrainian Mariupol Asian speed steel plant had begun to surrender on the 16th. In the past day and night, 265 armed men surrendered, including more than 50 seriously wounded. The wounded have been sent to the hospital in nyasssk, Donetsk region for treatment. —— The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the 17th confirming that the Ukrainian army wounded at the Asian speed steel plant have been evacuated. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna maliar said in a statement that more than 50 seriously injured Ukrainian troops have been sent to nyasusk for treatment. Another 211 people were sent to the Russian controlled town of olenika through the humanitarian corridor and will return to the territory controlled by Ukraine through the detainee exchange procedure. —— Swedish Prime Minister Andersson held a joint press conference with visiting Finnish President ninisto on the 17th, announcing that the two countries will jointly submit their application to join NATO on the 18th. The Swedish government also issued a press release on the same day, saying that Andersson and ninisto will go to Washington on the 19th to meet with US President Biden. This trip will discuss the application of the two countries to join NATO and transatlantic relations. —— Russian Vice Foreign Minister Ryabkov said in an interview with Russian television on the 17th that the decision of Finland and Sweden to join NATO was "a serious historic mistake". The decision of the two countries is not to strengthen their own security, but will lose a large part of their sovereignty. —— The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website on the 17th that Russia met with the Finnish ambassador to Russia on the same day and strongly protested against the Finnish expulsion of two staff members of the Russian Embassy in Finland, the implementation of anti Russian policies and the provision of weapons to Ukraine. Russia decided not to allow the two staff members of the Finnish embassy to remain in Russia. —— RIA Novosti quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on the 17th that Ukraine has actually withdrawn from the Russian Ukrainian negotiation process. On the same day, podoliyak, an adviser to the office of the president of Ukraine, said that the Ukrainian Russian negotiation process had been suspended. —— According to the announcement released by the German government on the 17th, German Chancellor Scholtz talked with Ukrainian President Zelensky by telephone on the same day. The two sides agreed that in order to achieve a diplomatic solution to the Russian Ukrainian conflict through negotiations, Russia needs to immediately stop hostilities and withdraw troops from Ukraine. —— The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on the 17th that NATO and EU member states in the Baltic States Council have abandoned the principles of equal dialogue and turned the organization into a tool for its anti Russian policy. In response to the hostilities, Russia decided to withdraw from the organization. —— Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 17th that European countries have imposed more and more sanctions on Russia in the field of oil and natural gas, which has caused energy inflation, which cannot be attributed to Russia. In the long run, rejecting Russian energy means that Europe will become the region with the highest energy cost in the world. —— Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov announced on the 17th that since the special military operation, the Russian army has destroyed 168 Ukrainian aircraft, 125 helicopters, 912 UAVs, 309 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3134 tanks and other armored vehicles, 385 multiple rocket launchers, 1542 field artillery and mortars and 2983 special military vehicles. —— According to the Ukrainian President's website, Ukrainian President Zelensky held a video meeting with IMF President georgiyeva on the 16th. During the meeting, zelenski called on the International Monetary Fund to speed up financial assistance to Ukraine and actively participate in Ukraine's post-war reconstruction. (Xinhua News Agency)