Ukraine latest updates: ‘Foreign fighters appeal sentences’
Al JazeeraUkraine news from July 1: Foreigners sentenced to death by a Russian-backed separatist court in eastern Ukraine launch appeal, Russian state media reports. 1 Jul 2022 - 11:14 GMT Kremlin: Putin told Modi Russia is reliable supplier of grain, fertiliser, energy Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Russia is still a reliable producer and supplier of grains, fertilisers and energy during the pair’s talks by phone, the Kremlin has said in a readout of the call. Sweden and Finland are not NATO members currently.” 1 Jul 2022 - 08:51 GMT Timeline: Week 18 of Russia’s war in Ukraine 1 Jul 2022 - 08:11 GMT Russia’s decree on Sakhalin-2 project not a requisition: Japan Japan does not consider Russia’s decree on the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project as a requisition, the country’s minister of economy, trade and industry has said. 1 Jul 2022 - 06:53 GMT Ukraine ‘now has clear European perspective’: EU’s von der Leyen Ukraine now has a “very clear European perspective” following the European Union’s decision to grant the country candidate status to join the bloc, von der Leyen has said in a speech to the Ukrainian parliament. https://t.co/fQgNeN9ryy — Ursula von der Leyen July 1, 2022 1 Jul 2022 - 06:38 GMT Russia’s Snake Island withdrawal based on troop vulnerability, not goodwill: UK Russia withdrew its troops from Snake Island due to their vulnerability to Ukrainian attacks, as well as their isolation – as Ukraine’s anti-ship missiles often prevented Russian naval vessels from resuppling the island – rather than Moscow’s claimed “gesture of goodwill,” the United Kingdom’s defence ministry has said.