The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing more than $500 million in additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine and $2.3 million in equipment for the State Emergency Service.
Some 29 combat engagements were recorded in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka sectors over the past 24 hours, with heavy fighting raging there.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed regret over Russia's decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Agreement and said he had sent an official letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin outlining why it is necessary to extend the grain export deal.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna have condemned Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative and discussed global food security.
National Nuclear Energy Generating Company "Energoatom" regularly receives information that the plant is being mined by the Russian military. The situation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP remains difficult.
Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi released a video of the battle between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders.
Making statements on withdrawal from the grain deal, Russia breaks its agreements with Türkiye and the UN. Ukraine does not have any agreements with the Russian Federation.
A traffic jam of more than five kilometers has formed in the temporarily occupied Kherson region due to motorists leaving the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra expressed disappointment with the fact that Russia obstructs the extension of the grain deal.