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

The US Department of State has approved the potential sale of satellite communications services and related equipment to Ukraine worth approximately $150 million. At the same time, the State Department has approved the sale of equipment and services to support the operation of the Patriot air defense system worth approximately $179.1 million.

US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has said that the administration of US President Donald Trump is stepping up military support for Ukraine, in particular by providing capabilities for “deeper strikes” on russian territory.

This year, Denmark will spend about EUR 1.4 billion on weapons purchases through the Ukrainian defense industry.

European Union countries will send military instructors to Ukraine as part of the EUMAM training mission to train Ukrainian military servicemen, which will be the EU’s contribution to security guarantees for our country.

“...By blocking the EPF (European Peace Fund), Hungary is blocking or hindering not only Ukraine and the EU, but also the peace efforts of the United States,” said Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Ruben Brekelmans.

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The assets of the Central Bank of russia, frozen in the European Union, should not be returned to the rf until it pays reparations to Ukraine after a ceasefire is established or a peace agreement is signed. This was stated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas.

According to the joint statement, to limit russia’s oil revenues, France and Germany will insist on measures against “third-country companies that support the russian war”. “To force russia back to the negotiating table, we will continue to exert pressure with the aim of imposing additional sanctions both on our part (and we are ready to do so) and on the part of the USA”, said President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Finland believes that the European Union must prepare a new package of sanctions against russia together with the United States. “We are currently working on the 19th package of sanctions, and I believe it is extremely important that this is done in coordination with our transatlantic partners, especially the United States,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen.

Representatives of the United Kingdom, Iceland, and Norway discussed strengthening sanctions against russia with EU Foreign Ministers during an informal meeting in Copenhagen.

“With regard to Ukraine, we need to increase pressure on putin. I think it is absolutely clear that he is simply playing for time, trying to divert attention from his ongoing attacks on civilians and infrastructure, and more recently on the EU representation in Kyiv,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski has said that his country is ready to participate in insuring Belgium against russian lawsuits over the use of frozen assets of the central bank of the rf.

“Lithuania proposes to move quickly with the seizure of the rf’s frozen assets… If we do not do this, if we do not use these assets, if we do not help Ukraine, the price for us will be much higher,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys.

The Czech Republic will again insist on restricting the movement of russian diplomats in the Schengen area. This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechia Jan Lipavský.

Chancellor of the FRG Friedrich Merz has said that intelligence services report to him daily on attacks on infrastructure and attempts to influence public opinion in Germany. The attacks are coming from russia. He stressed that the rf and Germany are already in a state of conflict.

In Ireland, companies that invested money in russian businesses have been shut down en masse.

China has abandoned the “Power of Siberia–2” project. Despite negotiations lasting more than 10 years, moscow and Beijing have been unable to agree on gas prices and financing the new pipeline.

Iran has toughened entry rules for russians. russian tourists will no longer be able to apply for visas to travel to Iran on their own. Now, tourist visas can only be obtained through Iranian travel agencies.

The Lithuanian Army has installed barriers to strengthen border security on roads near border control points with russia and belarus.

russia’s economy has fallen into recession. This assessment was made by Andrei Klepach, chief economist at VEB, one of the rf’s largest state-owned banks, which has the status of a “state development corporation” and finances the kremlin’s national projects.

russia's largest oil company, “rosneft”, reduced its net profit to shareholders in the first half of the year by 68 % year-on-year.

“russian Railways”’ net profit decreased 26 times in the first half of 2025.

“Surgutneftegaz” has reported a loss of ₽452.7 billion for the first half of the year.

“KamAZ”’s net loss for the first half of the year amounted to ₽31 billion.

The net loss of “LSR”, a russian company operating in the field of development and production of construction materials, amounted to ₽2.5 billion in the first half of the year.

50 % of companies extracting minerals in Sverdlovsk region have become unprofitable. At the end of the first half of the year, their total losses amounted to 2.8 billion rubles.

The government of the rf has approved new rules for conscription into military service, which significantly expand the powers of military commissariats to send citizens to the army. According to the document, the decision to send a conscript to the place of service is now valid for a whole year.

First deputy chairman of the state duma committee on information policy Gorelkin has said that in the coming years, only two messengers will remain in russia: Telegram and the national project Max.

The average cost for families to get their children ready for school in 2025 was 52,000 rubles. This is by 18 % more than in 2024 and by 88 % more than in 2020. At this, inflation in russia in 2024 was 9.5 %, meaning that the cost of preparing a child for school is rising faster than inflation.

First graders from Moscow region will be forced to read poems about “heroes of the svo”(“special military operation” – Transl.) on September 1.

“russkaya gazeta” has published a column by security council secretary shoigu, in which he praised the Taliban for fighting terrorism and drugs.

An international platform for collecting evidence of crimes committed by lukashenko’s regime has testimony from 2,700 victims of repression.