U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres dubbed shelling over the weekend of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as “suicidal” and called for international inspectors to be given access to the site after Russia and Ukraine shifted blame for the attacks.It comes as the Russian-appointed administration of Zaporizhzhia region moved ahead with steps to hold a referendum on joining Russia. Evgeny Balitsky signed a decree Monday to kick-start the process, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency reported.Meantime, the Kremlin said there is currently no basis for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Russia’s former president and one of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, Dmitry Medvedev, also said Monday that Moscow would achieve its aims in the conflict in Ukraine on its own terms.Elsewhere, two more ships carrying corn and soybeans left from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, taking the total number of shipments to 10 since a new deal aimed at alleviating a worsening global food crisis was launched last week.The U.S. has seen no indications of increased or abnormal radiation from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant following Russian missile strikes near the facility, a White House National Security Council official told NBC News.The U.S. Energy Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration are monitoring radiation sensors at the Zaporizhzhia facility, the official added.“Fighting near a nuclear plant is dangerous, and we continue to call on Russia to cease all military operations at or near Ukrainian nuclear facilities and return full control to Ukraine,” the national security official said.The U.S. announced the seizure of an aircraft owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrei Skoch.The Airbus A319-100, bearing tail number P4-MGU and serial number 5445, is believed to be worth more than $90 million.The Department of Justice said that Skoch is the beneficial owner of the aircraft “through a series of shell companies and trusts tied to his romantic partner.”The identification of the aircraft ownership was coordinated with the Justice Department’s KleptoCapture task force.The task force, comprised of interagency law enforcement officers from the FBI, Marshals Service, IRS, Postal Inspection, Homeland Security Investigations and Secret Service, aims to target “the crimes of Russian officials, government-aligned elites, and those who aid or conceal their unlawful conduct.”The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, will provide $4.5 billion in direct budgetary support to the government of Ukraine.The funds are expected to alleviate Ukraine’s acute budget deficits caused by the Kremlin’s war.“These funds provided by the United States, through the World Bank, allow the government of Ukraine to maintain essential functions to its people, including social and financial assistance to Ukrainians further pushed into poverty since the start of the war, children with disabilities and internally displaced persons,” wrote the U.S. Agency for International Development in a statement.The agency wrote that Ukraine would begin receiving the money this month.Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russian forces used a Kh-47M “Kinzhal” hypersonic air-based missiles against military facilities in the Vinnytsia region, according to an NBC News translation.“The tactical and technical characteristics of this missile do not allow the air defense means existing in the Armed Forces of Ukraine to effectively detect and destroy it,” Ukraine’s Air Force command wrote in a statement on Facebook.Read more: Russia says it fired hypersonic missiles in Ukraine. What are they and why would Moscow use them?The Pentagon has previously said U.S. intelligence indicated that Russian forces had used hypersonic weapons in Ukraine.The Biden administration announced a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the largest installment yet since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in late February.The upcoming weapons and equipment package, the 18th such tranche, brings U.S. commitment to about $9.8 billion and includes munitions for long-range weapons and armored medical transport vehicles.The package includes, according to the Pentagon:Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, which can shoot a variety of missiles from a 5-ton truck 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition 20 120mm mortar systems and 20,000 rounds of 120mm mortar ammunitionMunitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or NASAMS, an air-defense system1,000 Javelin anti-tank weapons and hundreds of AT4 anti-armor systems50 armored medical treatment vehiclesClaymore anti-personnel minesC-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipmentMedical supplies, which include first aid kits, bandages, monitors, and other equipment.A petition to ban Russian citizens from entering Ukraine for the next 50 years has received the required 25,000 signatures and will be sent to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s desk.The petition states that Kyiv will not issue residence permits to Russians except for those who fought on the side of Ukrainian forces.CNBC.COM