Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 81 of the invasion

• Finland will apply for Nato membership. The historic decision was triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sweden is expected to follow suit.

• Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö said he is ready to meet Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss Nato membership concerns.

• Russia’s offensive in Ukraine’s Donbas region “has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule”, and is “unlikely to dramatically accelerate its rate of advance over the next 30 days,” according to British military intelligence.

• A missile strike hit some military infrastructure in the western Ukrainian region of Lviv early on Sunday, the region’s Governor Maxim Kozitsky said.

• Nato’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said he is confident common ground can be reached to allay Turkey’s concerns over Sweden and Finland’s membership into the alliance.

• Russia’s offensive in Ukraine is failing and its operation in the Donbas region has stalled, Nato’s secretary general said.

• Russia said it had attacked Ukrainian positions in the east with missiles, targeting command centres and arsenals. Although this could not be independently verified.

• Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea is pushing entire populations toward famine, the G7 foreign ministers have said.

• Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra has released a powerful video for their Eurovision-winning song which was filmed in the ruins of Irpin and Bucha.

• Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said he met with US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and that “more weapons and other aid is on the way to Ukraine.”

• Ukrainian officials claim that Russia is planning to hold a referendum in Mariupol over whether the city will join Russia.

• Nato’s deputy general secretary, Mircea Geoana, congratulated Ukraine on their Eurovision triumph and said the win sends a message to Vladimir Putin

• Italian police thwarted hacker attacks by pro-Russian groups during the 10 May semi-final and Saturday final of the Eurovision song contest in Turin, authorities said.

• Nato must maintain its “open door” policy towards admitting new members, UK foreign secretary Liz Truss has said.

• Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany has prepared everything for a quick ratification process regarding Finland and Sweden joining Nato.

• Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats are poised to come out in favour of the country joining Nato, paving the way for an application.

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is reopening its Embassy in Kyiv and will resume operations “very soon”.

• Ukraine has been celebrating its win of the 66th Eurovision song contest. Stefania by Kalush Orchestra finished first, riding a wave of support from the telephone-voting European public.