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12-07-2022
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree simplifying the process of acquiring Russian citizenship for all Ukrainian nationals.
Russian shelling in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv killed three people on Monday and wounded dozens of others, according to regional governor Oleh Synehubov.
Synehubov accuses Moscow’s forces of hitting civilian targets with three missiles, saying they are guilty of “absolute terrorism”.
The death toll from Russian missile strikes on Saturday in the eastern town of Chasiv Yar has risen to 30 people, according to a Ukrainian official.
The governor of Russia’s Kaliningrad has proposed a ban on the movement of goods between the three Baltic States and Russia, in response to what authorities in the exclave have called a “blockade” of its territory by Lithuania.
Russia and Turkey plan summit talks soon: Kremlin
Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan plan to meet in the near future after a phone conversation in which they discussed efforts to facilitate grain exports from Ukraine, Moscow has said.
“An exchange of views on the situation around Ukraine continued, including in the context of coordinating efforts to ensure the safety of navigation in the Black Sea and grain exports to global markets,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency meanwhile reported that Erdogan had told Putin on Monday that it was time to act on a United Nations plan to set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea.
Turkey has been mediating between Moscow and Kyiv since Russia began its offensive in late February. The last talks between representatives of Russia and Ukraine were held in Istanbul at the end of March.
Germany, Czech Republic pledge solidarity as Russian gas flows stop
Germany and the Czech Republic have signed a joint declaration, pledging to overcome Russian fossil fuel dependency and to accelerate the transition to low carbon energy as falling Russian gas imports threaten security of supply across Europe.
“We are going to finalize the agreement on solidarity measures to safeguard the security of gas supply between our countries prior to the start of the upcoming winter season,” the declaration read.
It came as the biggest single pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany began annual maintenance, with flows expected to stop for 10 days, but governments, markets and companies are worried the shutdown might be extended because of the war in Ukraine.
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, on a visit to Prague, and Czech Industry Minister Jozef Sikela said it was necessary to prepare for various options, including that deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would not resume when scheduled maintenance is due to finish on July 21. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
