Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

US President Donald Trump has pointed out that his country will continue to supply weapons to NATO allies who are currently providing military aid to Ukraine.

President Ilham Aliyev has confirmed that Azerbaijan supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity and called the war in the country russia’s “invasion”.

“...putin is constantly setting conditions and stalling because he is afraid of this meeting,” said Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney regarding the prospects of a meeting of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and putin.

Lithuania calls on the capitals of the European Union countries to take “decisive measures” to make Ukraine’s application for EU membership “real and irreversible”.

Luxembourg’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Xavier Bettel has said that the Benelux countries support Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the EU and consider their path to the Union to be a common one.

The Czech volunteer initiative Darek pro Putina (“Gift for putin”) has handed over to Ukraine a Black Hawk UH-60 helicopter, for purchasing of which it had previously announced fund raising.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is joining the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.

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US President Donald Trump has said that the United States will start an “economic war” against russia if it avoids negotiations to end the war against Ukraine.

President of Finland Alexander Stubb has called for putting pressure on russia to ensure progress in the peace talks.

Chancellor of the FRG Friedrich Merz has called russia the greatest threat to Europe’s security. According to him, the rf will remain so for a long time to come.

Minister of Defence of Germany Boris Pistorius has said that the Bundeswehr “must grow” in order to respond to the “international security situation”, in particular to “russia’s aggressive behavior”.

During a UN Security Council meeting, France said that russia was “trying to exert pressure” on the investigation into the explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and condemned the rf for shelling Ukrainian infrastructure.

The US has imposed 50 % tariffs on Indian goods in response to India’s buying russian oil. The new tariffs will affect more than 55 % of goods imported into the USA, India’s largest market.

The government of the rf is preparing to launch a strict system of state regulation of wholesale food prices in order to curb inflation, which has reached tens of per cents for basic foodstuffs. According to amendments to the law on trade being prepared by the ministry of agriculture, the prices of food products shipped to retail chains will be fixed in long-term contracts and can be changed no more than once a year.

At the end of July, russian banks’ problem retail loans reached 2.2 trillion rubles, or 6 % of the retail loan portfolio. A year earlier, they were almost half as much: 1.5 trillion rubles, or 4.1  % of the portfolio.

Tire production in the rf fell by almost 19 % in the second quarter.

The port of Ust-Luga in Leningrad region, one of the key hubs for russian oil exports, is currently operating at only half its capacity – about 350,000 barrels a day out of possible 700,000.

“Atomenergoprom”’s net loss in the first half of 2025 amounted to 56.85 billion rubles, while a year earlier, its profit was estimated at 109.72 billion rubles. “Atomenergoprom”’s loans and borrowings at the end of the first half of 2025 are estimated at 3 trillion rubles.

“Russneft”’s net profit in the first half of the year decreased more than threefold. In the first half of 2025, the company received a net profit of 11.81 billion rubles, compared to 38.48 billion rubles for the same period last year.

The pace of renewal of worn-out utility networks in russia is half of what is needed, and therefore the number of accidents in the housing and utilities system will continue to grow in the coming years. A member of the duma’s committee on construction and housing and utilities Yakubovsky has warned about this. The wear and tear of utility infrastructure in russia’s regions range from 40 % to 80 %. At least one-third of the networks need urgent replacement. The most difficult situation is in North Ossetia and Lipetsk region, where more than half of the heating and steam networks are unusable (57 % and 56 %, respectively). In occupied Sevastopol, the figure exceeds 90 %.

The Rutube video service, owned by “Gazprom-Media” holding, will massively cut staff due to lack of funds.

russian authirities’ participation in the education of children will make it possible to protect them from the “Western agenda” and raise a generation that will “build our great russia on a geopolitical level”, said director of the department of state policy in education at the ministry of education Yurgin.

On September 1, russia will begin a large-scale retraining of history teachers in view of the transition to uniform textbooks on history and social studies authored by putin's aide medinsky.

Members of the state duma have proposed introducing an exam for migrants on their ability to communicate with women.

A member of the Tyumen regional duma Trubin has introduced a draft law  proposing that images similar to the warning pictures on cigarette packs be placed on the packaging of abortion medicines.

The occupying authorities in Crimea have recommended that municipal authorities ban the performance of songs and other creative works by foreign agents in open street venues. A similar measure is proposed to be extended to the creative works of foreigners who commit “unfriendly actions” against russia and whose statements and actions are “harmful” to the country.

Android will ban the installation of apps from uncertified developers. Due to Western sanctions, the installation of apps from a number of russian companies on Android smartphones will thus be prohibited, and Google’s operating system will become similar to iOS in this respect.

russians should pray for the national messenger Max, said representative of the russian orthodox church Hieromonk Makariy. He called this service “an earthly blessing for achieving useful results”. “Say prayers for the blessing of your computer or phone that uses this means of communication”, Makariy urged.

Due to the russian-belarusian military exercise “Zapad-2025”, Poland expects many provocations at the border, said Deputy Minister of National Defense Paweł Zalewski. The Polish side assumes that the exercise will be accompanied by an intensification of psychological, information, and hybrid warfare.

At least 1,060 attempts to illegally cross the border from belarus were recorded by the Border Guard of Poland between August 22 and 25.

belarus has lost access to the Chinese market for chicken products, which is estimated to be worth billions of dollars. The reason was a re-export scheme, whereby foreign chicken feet were imported into the country, repackaged as belarusian products, and sold to China. This led to a major scandal and a complete ban on imports from most belarusian poultry farms. This is not the first time such schemes have been used in the rb. Last year, the country did something similar with “belarusian” shrimps, pineapples, and European fuel disguised as other products. But for the first time, the deception affected not russia, but China, one of belarus’ few strategic partners.

The average nominal accrued salary of state employees in belarus in July was 2,123.8 rubles before taxes. It decreased by 1.6 % compared to June.

“belkoopsoyuz” has suffered a trading loss of 33 million rubles. lukashenko has also pointed out that the share of “belkoopsoyuz” retail outlets in rural areas decreased from 25 % to 23 % over the year.

The belarusian drama theater intends to stage plays by an ideologist of the “russian world” and a war criminal prilepin. “A young and interesting russian author”, – the theater director introduced him.