In the dispute over the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Ukraine can count on the broad support of Western countries.
42 countries and the EU released a statement in Vienna demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from the power plant and a return of control to Ukraine.
In the town of Enerhodar, which is right next to the nuclear power plant, artillery shells fell again.
For weeks, Ukraine and Russia have been accusing each other of shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant, thereby causing a nuclear catastrophe.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the people of Russia to raise their voices in support of Ukraine.
"The evil takes place on such a scale that silence amounts to complicity," he said in his video address on Sunday.
Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24 and is still waging war.
There is currently no prospect of a negotiated solution.
Ukraine defends itself against the invasion on Monday the 173rd day.
42 countries demand withdrawal of Russian troops from nuclear power plants
"The stationing of Russian military and weapons in the nuclear facility is unacceptable," said the Vienna statement on Zaporizhia on Sunday.
It was signed on behalf of the European Union and its member states, but also by states such as the USA, Great Britain, Norway, Australia, Japan and New Zealand.
Russia is violating the safety principles to which all member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have committed.
Control of the nuclear power plant must be handed over to the authorized Ukrainian authorities.
Then, in turn, experts from the IAEA could promptly carry out their duty of supervision over the work of the Ukrainians.
An IAEA mission to the nuclear power plant has not yet materialized.
One point of contention is said to be whether the experts will arrive via Ukrainian or Russian-controlled territory.
The 42 countries supported the IAEA and its director Rafael Grossi.
He strives for the security of the Ukrainian nuclear facilities and respects the "full sovereignty of Ukraine over its territory and infrastructure".
This can be understood as an indication of an arrival via Ukrainian territory.
After artillery shelling by unknown origin on a residential area of Enerhodar on Sunday, the Russian and Ukrainian sides unanimously reported that one civilian had been killed.
The man was an employee at the nuclear power plant, said the power plant operator Enerhoatom.
Two other residents of the city were injured.
Selenskyj to Russians: Those who remain silent are complicit
"If you have Russian citizenship and are silent, it means you are not fighting, which means you support it," Zelenskyy said in Kyiv.
In contrast to earlier appeals to the population of the belligerent neighboring country, the President did not address them in Russian but in Ukrainian.
According to polls, a majority of Russians support President Vladimir Putin's course.
However, the validity is uncertain.
Open criticism of the war is severely punished by the Russian power apparatus.
In many EU countries, especially in the east, the demand is getting louder that Russians should no longer be issued visas for travel to the EU.
Russian army advances in Donbass
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the Russian army has gained ground near the small town of Bakhmut in the Donbass, which has been under attack for days.
The Kiev situation report spoke of a “partial success” for the Russians.
Attacks were repelled in other places, such as at Pisky outside of Donetsk.
With strong positions near Pisky, the Ukrainian army has prevented pro-Russian Donetsk separatists from repairing the city's devastated airfield and putting it to military use since 2014.
Almost all locations along the eastern front line were under Russian fire.
According to Western military observers, the attack in Donbass is progressing more slowly than it was a few weeks ago.
More grain ships on the way
The first grain freighter commissioned by the United Nations has left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyj and is on its way to Africa with wheat.
The UN World Food Program (WFP) has chartered the Brave Commander freighter, the Odessa Oblast authorities said.
According to the UN, the 23,000 tons of wheat are destined for Ethiopia.
At the end of July, the UN and Turkey mediated agreements that Ukraine could again export grain via its Black Sea ports, despite the Russian war of aggression.
Since the beginning of August, more than a dozen freighters have transported Ukrainian grain.
However, the first transports were commercial.
The UN fears food shortages and hunger in poor parts of the world if Ukraine fails as a major grain supplier.
The ships and their cargo are checked each time they pass through the Turkish Bosphorus Straits.
On Sunday, two ships received permission to travel to Ukraine, and three more are to be checked on Monday.
That will be important on Monday
Russian President Putin visits the International Army Games near Moscow.
The competition between soldiers from Russia and from friendly countries has grown significantly in recent years.
According to the Kremlin, Putin will also visit the military-technical exhibition “Army-2022”.