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

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that the first tests of the European anti-ballistic missile Freyja could begin this winter.

A new aid package from Denmark totaling 4.8 billion Danish kroner (about EUR 643 million) will include funds for the purchase of drones – both strike and interceptor ones –ammunition for F-16s, and the PURL program. At the same time, Denmark will support Kherson region with an energy package worth EUR 20 million.

Ireland has transferred an additional EUR 25 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has urged people not to fall for russia’s narratives claiming that it allegedly has security concerns in the context of resolving the war in Ukraine. “We must not fall for russia’s narratives about its alleged security concerns. NATO is a defensive alliance and has never posed a threat to russia. Respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the right to freely choose alliances are fundamental principles, not bargaining chips,” Kallas stated.

“…Today, in the rest of Europe, we realize that if we want to protect ourselves, our own citizens, and our societies, we actually need help from Ukraine. That is why cooperation between our companies and our defense forces is extremely important both for your protection and for the security of all of Europe,” said Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen.

“Ukraine is many steps ahead of the rest of the world. The challenge for Europe is to learn to implement innovations at a wartime pace, without waiting for war to force us to do so,” said Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius.

Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenković considers his country’s armed forces’ lack of participation in cooperation with European and Ukrainian armies to be a serious shortcoming. “We missed that train,” the Prime Minister said, adding that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are currently the “best-trained”, “most adaptable”, and “most dynamic” armed forces, and in terms of combat experience, “the most interesting European army in existence”.

The European Commission, in partnership with Ukraine, will hold the “EU–Ukraine” Investment Conference on November 12 and 13 on the sidelines of the ReBuild Ukraine exhibition in Warsaw.

Ukraine and Poland have signed an agreement to establish joint working groups on drone technology and counter-drone measures.

Two Ukrainian defense companies have won NATO tenders for the first time.

NATO plans to implement the largest reform of military planning in the last two decades, as a result of which the new priority will become defense against russian threats, rather than providing reserve troops to other countries.

Starting November 16, Lithuania will begin detaining shipments of grain from russia and belarus passing through the port of Klaipėda until the results of an origin check are received.

Restrictions on entry into Latvia and the acceptance of visa applications from citizens of russia and belarus will remain in effect until December 31, 2027. The country’s government has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to extend them for another year.

russian gas is no longer profitable for Hungary. According to Prime Minister Péter Magyar, the government is seeking alternative energy sources to replace russian ones. “Regardless of what the previous government lied about, there is no longer any cheap russian gas,” he said.

Western shipowners are reducing their share of russian oil shipments. In October, they accounted for fewer than 25% of shipments, while the volume of shipments by Greek shipowners fell to its lowest level since December 2024.

Due to the USA’s secondary sanctions, russia has effectively abandoned its attempts to replace the dollar with the yuan in foreign trade. Fearing restrictions, Chinese banks have begun to wind down cooperation with russian partners, freeze payments, and return funds to senders. The yuan’s share in payments for russian exports has halved compared to its 2024 peak, having dropped to 22%. Currently, russia receives 69% of its export revenue from trade with Asian countries in rubles. At the same time, the yuan’s share of global payments has returned to the level it was at before russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The deficit of russia's federal budget for January–October 2026 amounted to 5.2 trillion rubles, or 2.3% of GDP.

In September, private investors deposited 80 billion rubles into brokerage accounts abroad. Overall, during the third quarter, russian citizens transferred nearly as much money to non-resident brokers as they did during all of 2023.

russia’s banks are closing branches en masse, making it difficult for citizens to access not only banking services but also their own funds. Currently, the number of bank branches in the country has returned to levels of the year 2010. In just the first ten months, banks closed about 10% of their branches.

Oil refining in russia has fallen by 30%.

Aviation fuel prices in the rf have risen by 56% since the beginning of the year.

One of the consequences of the fuel crisis in russia has been a rise in freight transportation costs. As of the end of October 2026, rates for transportation by standard flatbed trucks had risen by 28.3% compared to October 2025, and by 27.6% for specialized refrigerated trucks. The situation is further complicated by fuel supply disruptions, which cause downtime and force route adjustments, as well as the transition to mandatory electronic document management.

“russia’s post”’s cumulative losses over four years reached 79.3 billion rubles. In the first half of 2026, the company incurred an additional 10.1 billion rubles in losses.

The “slava concept” department store chain has initiated bankruptcy proceedings. By the end of November, the retailer will close its last six stores. The reasons include a decline in demand for clothing and footwear and a crisis affecting the department store format itself, with the number of such stores in russia having fallen by one-third over the past year.

“yandex” has acknowledged the irreversible loss of some customer data as a result of drone attacks on data centers.

A consortium of russia’s printed circuit board manufacturers will establish liability for manufacturers’ losses in case of equipment failure following the switch to russian materials.

The ministry of internal affairs of the rf is facing a difficult staffing situation due to a lack of funds to pay employee salaries, said the ministry’s head kolokoltsev. He appealed to the governors to allocate additional funds to finance the police. In February 2026, kolokoltsev reported mass layoffs and a shortage of 212,000 employees. Among the reasons he mentioned low salaries, heavy workloads, and housing problems.

Every fifth russian believes that the political regime in russia needs to be “radically changed”, says the institute of sociology of the russian academy of sciences.

More than 80% of russians are experiencing severe anxiety.

In chelyabinsk, people with diabetes have faced disruptions in the distribution of free insulin and subsidized medications to lower blood glucose levels. The necessary medications are either in short supply or unavailable altogether.

Germany calls for the release of all political prisoners in belarus, –stated the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Since 2020, at least 2,090 nongovernmental organizations have been shut down in belarus.