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

The EU is preparing to launch the first negotiation cluster with Ukraine and Moldova on June 15.

Ukraine and Estonia have agreed to strengthen defense cooperation.

“Estonia stands with Ukraine until a just and lasting peace is achieved. Ukraine belongs to our European family, and we will keep working for your EU and NATO accession,” said Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michal.

Representative of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs Corinna Ullrich has reported that the EU plans to extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees beyond March 2027, but restrictions may be imposed on some men.

US  Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the country would like to lift exemptions on oil sanctions against russia in the near future.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski considers dangerous the notion that geographical distance from russia protects against the schemes of kremlin leader putin, his disinformation campaigns and state terrorism, as well as murders and assassination attempts on European soil.

Poland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, and Iceland are demanding that the European Commission immediately suspend the issuance of Schengen visas to russians.

Prime Minister of Latvia Andris Kulbergs will instruct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find a solution to halt exports and imports with russia.

Starting September 1 of this year, Estonia will no longer recognize non-biometric diplomatic and service passports issued by russia for crossing EU borders and applying for visas.

The government of Armenia is ready to send citizens who arrive from the rf  in the days leading up to the parliamentary elections (June 7) to military training camps. “I am very pleased (with the arrival of these citizens) because, first, our polls show that most of these people will vote for us (the Civic Contract ruling party), and second, we need these people because military training is currently underway, and it will be very good: we will send thirty to forty thousand of these one hundred thousand,” stated the country’s Minister of Economy  Gevorg Papoyan.

“putin is behaving with the desperate barbarism of a man who is losing. He will never conquer Ukraine. He needs to admit this to himself and save many thousands of lives on both sides,” said former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson regarding the massive shelling of Ukraine.

In russia, they have begun preparing the population to accept the impossibility of victory over Ukraine. Experts close to the kremlin have started persuading the public that ending the war along the current front line can already be considered a victory.

Starting September 1, 2026, russia will stop training new doctors-sexologists. In addition to sexologists, the list of professions for which recruitment is being halted includes adolescent therapists, adolescent psychiatrists, community psychiatrists specializing in addiction, audiologists-prosthetists, and some others.

Due to a lack of net profit, “kamaz” does not plan to pay dividends for 2025.

moscow region, following st. petersburg, the temporarily occupied Crimea, and belgorod and kursk regions, has faced disruptions in fuel supplies. As a result, local filling stations have begun imposing sales restrictions.

VEB.rf (the russian state corporation of development) will cut 15% of its staff.

In belarus, people associated with the European Humanities University are being summoned for “conversations” by the kgb. This applies to both current and former students and faculty. Please, be reminded, the supreme court of belarus has designated the Vilnius-based EHU and its affiliated units as an “extremist organization”.