While Western countries reject the Kremlin’s claims, Russia reiterated its claim that Kyiv was preparing to use a “dirty bomb” in Ukraine and said it would bring the issue to the UN Security Council on Tuesday.

The main thing for Tuesday, the 244th day of the war in Ukraine, TEXT OF THE LIVE MODE:

07:31Days after German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier canceled his trip to Kyiv for security reasons, he finally made his first trip to the Ukrainian capital since the Russian invasion, DW reports.

00:55Zelensky 8 months after the start of the invasion: Step by step we are liberating Ukrainian land. Ukraine destroys the so-called “second army of the world”

00:23The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is preparing to send inspectors to two Ukrainian nuclear facilities in the coming days at Kyiv’s request, it said on Monday in response to Russian claims that Ukraine could plant a so-called “dirty bomb.” , which Ukraine denies, Reuters reports.

23:50 Lavrov declares that the continuation of the agreement on unblocking the export of Ukrainian grain depends on information from the UN

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow had asked the United Nations to provide information on the destination and final beneficiaries of grain supplies from Ukraine, saying that “adjustments” to the agreement on unblocking Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea depend on this information. ., Reuters reports.

23:06Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Telegram on Monday that Russia’s military production of weapons and equipment is increasing, CNN reported, according to News.ro.

A brief summary of recent events:

• All the men who remained in Kherson were invited to join the newly created local militia. In a Telegram message, Moscow authorities said the men had the “option” to join the Territorial Defense Forces if they voluntarily chose to stay in Kherson. Forcing civilians to serve in the armed forces of the occupying power is defined as a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
• The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that Russia is introducing new troops to Kherson, preparing to defend the city from a counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops. Kyrylo Budanov also noted that Russia will only slow down the advance of Ukrainian troops in the south for about two weeks if it blows up the Kakhovskaya HPP dam near Kherson.
• Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has told his Western counterparts that the war in Ukraine is heading for an “uncontrollable escalation” amid evidence that the Kremlin is considering how to respond to an expected further defeat on the battlefield around the key southern city of Kherson.
• There is no indication in the US that Russia has made any decision to use nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, a US military official said.
• Ukraine and the US have condemned Russia’s statements that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb”, calling it a dangerous lie.
• The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, asked the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Raphael Grossi, to send experts to Ukrainian nuclear facilities to refute Russia’s claims about Ukraine’s plans to use a “dirty bomb.”
• NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he spoke with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his British counterpart Ben Wallace about Russia’s unsubstantiated claims that Ukraine plans to use a “dirty bomb”. The alliance rejects Moscow’s claims, the NATO chief said, warning that Russia “should not use them as an excuse to escalate” its war in Ukraine.
• The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov held telephone conversations with the Chief of the Defense Staff of Great Britain Tony Radakin and the Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Mark Milley. Monday. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Radakin and his British and American colleagues discussed the possibility of Ukraine using a “dirty bomb” put forward by Moscow without any evidence.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Israel to join the fight against Russia and again called on Israeli air defense systems. Israel condemned the Russian invasion and limited its aid to the delivery of humanitarian aid and defense equipment. Most recently, he offered Ukrainians to help develop air raid warning systems for civilians.
• Ukraine’s special forces reported that members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are training Russian forces in Belarus and coordinating the launch of Iranian-made drones.
• A pro-Kremlin TV host has been charged with inciting genocide after he called for Ukrainian children to be “drowned” and “burned alive”. Anton Krasovsky, head of the Russian-language broadcasting of the Russia Today channel, was suspended by the head of RT, and the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia said that he would consider his comments as part of a possible criminal investigation.

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Monday’s events were broadcast live on HotNews.ro