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

Denmark will provide Ukraine with its 30th military aid package, worth approximately 4.4 billion kroner (EUR 590 million), which includes the supply of ammunition and weapons, and also enables the Ukrainian government to allocate approximately 1.3 billion kroner to fund its own defense industry.

Ukraine and Sweden have signed an agreement for the purchase of 16 modern Gripen E fighter jets. As part of previous agreements with Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson, the first 16 Gripen C/D aircraft will be delivered to Ukraine as early as the beginning of 2027.

At next week’s NATO summit, Germany will advocate for new financial aid commitments to Ukraine from its European partners. “The German government proposes that we, as European NATO allies, take on new financial commitments toward Kyiv,” said Chancellor of the FRG Friedrich Merz.

On July 1, 2026, Ireland will begin its six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union. Prime Minister of Ireland Micheál Martin has assured that under Ireland’s presidency, the EU will continue to provide unwavering support to Ukraine, “whose people have shown such courage and determination in defending their country”. Ireland also pledges to support countries wishing to join the European Union.

The German defense concern Rheinmetall has received a contract from Ukraine to supply artillery ammunition.

Canada’s Ambassador to Ukraine Natalka Cmoc has assured that her country will cooperate with Ukraine to produce aerial drones, and that the product range may be expanded in the future.

Greece is ready to consider the possibility of providing financial support for the restoration of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra following the rf’s attack.

France has become the fourth European Union country to tighten visa rules for russians in recent times. The tightening of visa rules comes amid a Europe-wide debate on imposing an entry ban on russians.

russian athletes will not compete in the World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships in Krakow due to visa issues.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany has tightened its travel advisories regarding russia and is urging its citizens to leave the country. While the warning previously applied mainly to regions bordering Ukraine, it now extends to the entire territory of russia.

The Berlin Administrative Court has ruled that the ban on broadcasts by the German-language branch of the russian propaganda channel “russia today” is lawful.

Latvia’s State Police will check the documents of all visitors to the russian embassy in Riga. This has been announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže. She has explained that this is a response to russia’s actions regarding the embassies of other countries in moscow, where russian security services are checking visitors’ documents.

In the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, banks have begun restricting transactions involving russian rubles in cash.

Every third russian infrastructure company is on the verge of bankruptcy due to delays in budget payments.

In June, the financial situation worsened for 24% of russian companies.

rosstat has classified data on fuel prices broken down by petrol grade and region.

Petrol prices in russia have surpassed the 100-ruble-per-liter mark for the first time.

In irkutsk, petrol prices on the “black” market have skyrocketed to 300 rubles per liter.

In st. petersburg, shops have faced delays in food deliveries due to the fuel crisis.

Prices for belarusian AI-92 petrol supplied to russia rose by 6% over the week, to 127,000 rubles per ton, having increased 1.8 times since early May.

The situation on the fuel market may have a longer-term impact on inflation in russia, as well as cause secondary effects such as the spillover of price increases to other goods and heightened inflation expectations. This was reported by the central bank of the rf.

Sales volumes of petroleum products on the st. petersburg exchange in the first half of 2026 fell by 6.7% compared to the same period last year. Exchange sales of petroleum products in June totaled 2.311 million tons – by 24.5% less than in the same month last year. Turnover in monetary terms decreased by 2.6%.

russians have begun buying bicycles more frequently amid the fuel crisis. In June, bicycle sales rose by 131% compared to May.

russian citizens should not “gasp and exclaim” over the petrol shortage. This was stated by speaker of the upper house valentina matviyenko at a meeting of the federation council.

60% of russians believe that the economic situation in their city or region is deteriorating. This is the highest figure in 20 years, as shown by the results of a survey by the American research firm Gallup. 56% of russians said their standard of living is declining – this is also a 20-year high.

Shareholders of PJSC “mechel” have approved the board of directors’ recommendation not to pay dividends for 2025. The decision was made due to a loss that reached 10.4 billion rubles at the end of last year.

Shareholders of the open joint-stock company “alcohol group kristall” (agk) have also approved the decision not to pay dividends for 2025. “agk” is the beneficiary of the kaluga-based “kristall” distillery. The company ranks among the top 10 largest producers of spirits in russia.

The power generation company TGK-14 has halted construction of two 200-MW power units at the ulan-ude CHPP-2 due to a lack of funding. The projects were budgeted at 65.5 billion rubles.

In russia, amid a staffing crisis, the number of professions banned for women has been reduced 4-fold.

In 2026, teenagers in russia have committed more than 11,000 crimes. The number of children who broke the law from January to March of this year rose by 9% compared to the same period last year. In total, 9,600 children were involved in criminal activity. The number of violent crimes committed by teenagers rose by 10%. The number of children who committed extremist and terrorist crimes doubled.

There are 465 minors listed in russia’s registry of terrorists and extremists.

During the 2016 state duma elections, 76 parties were eligible to participate; in 2026 – only 17. This decline is largely due to the actions of the authorities, who have been dissolving parties.

deputy chairman of the world russian people’s council mikhail ivanov has proposed providing young families with preferential wedding loans at an annual interest rate of 5–7%. In his view, such a measure will help improve russia’s demographic situation and strengthen traditional values.

Latvia has extended the enhanced border security regime with belarus to the end of the year.

Lithuania will send its border guards to assist Latvia in countering illegal migration from belarus and ensuring border security.

belarus’ trade deficit in goods for the first five months amounted to $2.2 billion.

Individuals’ loan debt in belarus rose by 457.5 million rubles in May, having reached 31.14 billion rubles as of June 1. Over the past year, individuals’ loan debt has increased by 12.5%.