As the war grinds on, Moscow broadens a scheme previously restricted to Ukrainians in breakaway eastern regions.

By David ChildLinah Alsaafin and Sasha Petrova

Published On 11 Jul 202211 Jul 2022

Updated: 25 minutes ago

  • 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 26 people, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine says.
  • 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.