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April 29, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The United States must “make it clear to mr. putin that we are willing to turn him and his country into fish food”, said Republican Senator John Kennedy, commenting on the progress of negotiations after the end of the war in Ukraine and continuation of russian strikes on civilian targets.

April 28, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

russia has begun large purchases of potatoes from China to fill the domestic market, which has faced a sharp decline in harvest and a price rise by almost 200 % over the past year and a half. In the first quarter, the PRC exported $10.955 million worth of potatoes to the rf. A year earlier, potato supplies from China were estimated at $432.9 thousand in January-March. In annual terms, purchases increased 25 times

April 27, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

France will no longer recognize five-year russian passports without biometric data as valid documents for entry into the country.

April 26, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“I’m always mindful of the fact that it is Ukraine that must decide on those issues – it’s not for other people to decide on behalf of Ukraine. It is for Ukraine to decide. And russia must come to the table for that unconditional ceasefire,” said Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer.

April 25, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“This isn’t a pursuit of peace, it’s a mockery of it. The real obstacle is not Ukraine but russia, whose war aims have not changed,” said EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, referring to the russian combined attack on Kyiv on Thursday, April 24.

April 24, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“We support the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine. And when it comes to Crimea, our position is really clear: Crimea is Ukraine,” said Guillaume Mercier, Spokesperson for the European Commission.

April 23, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Ukraine has received another package of equipment from the IT Coalition funded by Luxembourg and Iceland, with a total value of almost EUR 2 million.

April 22, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“If there is no shift in moscow’s thinking, it is difficult for me to imagine that this war will end this year. It is a war of attrition. I do not think that at this point moscow is ready to agree to security guarantees that would be quite acceptable for Ukraine,” said ex-Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth.

April 21, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“russia could stop this war at any moment if it really wanted to... We continue to support Ukraine for a long, just and comprehensive peace,” European Commission Spokesperson Anitta Hipper commented on the “Easter truce” announced by the rf.

April 20, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

On April 14–18, Ukraine received 11 shipments of humanitarian aid for energy workers from Lithuania, Poland and Belgium.

April 19, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Ukraine will receive from Japan a loan of 471.9 billion Japanese yen (about three billion US dollars) under the G7's Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine (ERA) program. The loan will be repaid by proceeds from frozen russian assets.

April 18, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“Supporting Ukraine with more weapons and air defense is the only way to a just peace,” said EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová after the rf’s missile attack on the city of Dnipro.

April 17, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The European Court of Human Rights has officially started consideration of the case concerning russia’s illegal adoption of Ukrainian children taken from Crimea after the occupation of the Peninsula in 2014.

April 16, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

US Congressman Gregory Meeks, leading Democrat in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a bill that provides for tiered assistance to Ukraine, ranging from financing security needs and post-war reconstruction to strengthening sanctions against russia.

April 15, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“What is clear is that we need to support Ukraine more, and I am glad to see that we already have two-thirds of my ammunition initiative,” EU Diplomacy Chief Kaya Kallas has assured that EU countries have already collected two-thirds of the two million rounds of ammunition worth EUR 5 billion for Ukraine.

April 14, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

US President Donald Trump has extended for another year the sanctions against russia imposed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, in April 2021. The restrictions introduced a state of emergency in relations with russia and allowed for the imposition of sanctions against the rf. “Specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the russian federation continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,” says the official statement.

April 13, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

At the end of February, the birth rate in russia reached 7.6 %: 90.5 thousand children were born within the month, – by 7.4 thousand fewer than a year earlier. Moreover, in some regions the number of births fell at a double-digit rate: by 18.7 % in Arkhangelsk region, by 19.4 % in the Republic of Karelia, by 18.6 % in Orel region, by 21.6 % in Kostroma region, and by 26.6 % in Smolensk region. The number of births in February was the lowest in more than 200 years, and this anti-record was repeated in March.

April 12, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

During the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in the Ramstein format on April 11, the participating states promised to increase military assistance to Ukraine for a total of EUR 21 billion.

April 11, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Minister of Defence of Sweden Pål Jonson has said his country will buy drones for Ukraine from the Polish defense industry.

April 10, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action