Today is the 167th day since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Russian army is advancing in the Donetsk region, and fighting is also taking place in the forests southwest of Slavyansk, as well as north of Kharkiv.

The US sent a new one $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, and Kyiv asked for help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Kremlin said that there are still no adequate preconditions for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and that there are currently no talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

Peskov: There is no basis for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky

Russia and Ukraine continue to blame each other for the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

Moscow announces that it is ready to help the leadership of the International Atomic Energy Agency in organizing a visit to the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye.

Kyiv: Moscow threatens to blow up the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant

Another part of Ukraine, along the Dnieper River, announces a referendum on joining Russia. The document on the citizens' declaration was signed by the head of the Zaporozhye region, at the forum of the "Together with Russia" movement in Melitopol.

The president of Ukraine says that all negotiations with Moscow will be stopped forever if referendums on joining Russia are held in the regions of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson.

The contract for the export of Ukrainian grain is functioning without problems for the time being. Two more ships left Black Sea ports on Monday, and in seven days more than 305 tons of grain were shipped in ten merchant ships.