Russian troops have attacked eastern Ukraine with missiles, destroying apartment buildings and causing widespread civilian casualties.
In Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops invade, a five-story apartment building was attacked by a missile in a town about 30 kilometers southeast of Kramatorsk, the base on the Ukrainian side. Revealed that a person has died.
Russian troops continue to attack in eastern Kharkiv, and the local governor posted on the 11th that "Russian troops attacked shopping malls and apartment buildings in Kharkiv," according to local prosecutors. So far, six people have died and civilian casualties are widespread.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 11th that it launched a cruise missile "Calibre" in eastern Dnipropetrovsk province and destroyed the high-mobility rocket artillery system = Heimers that the United States provided to the Ukrainian army.
Meanwhile, the British Ministry of Defense analyzed on the 11th that Russian troops have been complaining to soldiers about their physical and mental burdens due to lack of plans for rest.
Under these circumstances, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree on the 11th to simplify the procedure for residents throughout Ukraine to make it easier for residents to acquire Russian nationality.
In May, Putin took steps to make it easier for residents of Kherson Oblast in the south and Zaporizhia Oblast in the southeast to acquire Russian nationality. It is an expanded form throughout Ukraine.
It seems that there is an aim to further promote "Russification" that strengthens the established facts of authority.
Russian and Turkish Presidents meet over the phone
The Russian Presidential Administration announced on the 11th that Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Erdogan.
According to it, the two leaders have discussed the maritime transport of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea, which Turkey is coordinating with the United Nations as an intermediary.
At the port facing the Black Sea in the southern part of Ukraine, an agricultural powerhouse, grain exports continue to be impossible due to the blockage by the Russian army.
In response, the Turkish Presidential Office also emphasized that President Erdogan "is time to take action toward a plan to export grain in the Black Sea."
Meanwhile, the Presidential Administration of Russia said in this telephone meeting that "the two leaders had discussed issues ahead of the summit meeting in the near future," and said that adjustments to the summit meeting are in progress, President Putin. However, it will also be interesting to see if he will meet directly with President Erdogan, who acts as an intermediary for the situation in Ukraine.
President Erdogan said that he had talked with Ukraine's President Zelensky over the phone over grain exports, and reiterated his willingness to be actively involved in the ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.