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“Putieiets”: Serhii Tymoshenko’s Illegal Raid on Kharkiv

In the 1930s, soviet secret services became interested in Serhii Tymoshenko, a former Minister of Railways of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, architect, politician, and public figure. He was considered a potential organizer of the anti-soviet underground. The situation escalated after Tymoshenko’s secret visit to Kharkiv in 1932, when he arrived under an assumed name for a secret meeting. The chekists later extracted testimony about this event during interrogations, although the authenticity of some details is questionable.
6/18/2025
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June 18, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The United Kingdom has announced a series of new sanctions against russia over its war against Ukraine. The sanctions target four individuals, six organizations and 20 vessels, including oil tankers, maritime companies and suppliers of goods to russia, including electronics. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the United Kingdom has already imposed sanctions on more than 2,300 individuals, organizations and vessels.
6/18/2025
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We Must Keep Up Pressure on russia – In All Directions – To Finally Bring Peace – Speech by the President at the Special Meeting of the G7 Leaders

I urge all of you – and I urge you to work with the United States – to enforce a strict price cap on Russian oil. Right now, the proposed cap is $45 per barrel, but many experts agree that a truly effective level is $30. Together, we must make this painful for Russia. The EU’s 18th sanctions package must also hit Russian energy and banks.
6/18/2025
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June 17, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has said that more pressure should be put on russia to ensure a ceasefire in Ukraine and has called on the G7 countries to toughen sanctions to achieve this goal.
6/17/2025
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рutin Doesn’t Personally Need Peace, He Himself Is the War; Only a Real Cash Shortage Can Convince russia to Be Less Dangerous to Its Neighbors – Address by the President

I thank everybody in the world who now pushes for the necessary sanctions against russia. Sanctions against russian oil and a proper oil price cap. A price cap that will actually hurt the russian budget. Without that, putin will continue to ignore everything the world is doing to bring peace.
6/16/2025
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June 16, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

In the first five months of this year, revenues to the federal budget of the rf from oil and gas sales decreased by 14.4 %.
6/16/2025
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The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Warns: For the Next Week russia Is Planning the   Culmination of  the  Campaign to Discredit Ukraine in the Context of Ongoing Exchanges

The aim of the campaign is obvious: to provoke outrage among Ukrainian society (military and their families) at the actions of the Ukrainian authorities, to demoralize society, and at the same time to discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the international community as a party that does not fulfill its obligations.
6/15/2025
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June 15, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The European Commission will ban European LNG terminals from serving customers from russia, a restriction that may come into force on January 1, 2026, according to a draft resolution of the EU executive body banning EU member states from importing russian energy carriers.
6/15/2025
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russian Attack Drones Still Pose a Daily Threat, and We Need Much More Effective Technological Responses – Address by the President

We need to make much better use of the time for developing the air defense system. In particular, this applies to interceptor drones, including the required quantity of such drones, the training of our operators, and coordination among the relevant units. There must be more protection in the skies. I thank everyone who is helping Ukraine! I thank all our people – indeed, every one of them!
6/15/2025
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Scientists Are Fleeing russia Like in the 1990s

The reason is that russian scientists are liquidated, imprisoned, or subjected to absurd persecution.
6/14/2025
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russian railways on the Verge of Bankruptcy

The company is facing a chronic shortage of staff: thousands of locomotive crews are understaffed due to mobilization, emigration, and the absence of migrant workers.
6/14/2025
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June 14, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Ukraine has received another billion euros from the European Union at the expense of profits from russian frozen assets.
6/14/2025
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The Rise in Petrol Prices in the rf Is Fueling a New Wave of Inflation

Petrol prices in the rf are rising – retail prices have risen by 18 % year-on-year, and are expected to rise by another 8 % by the end of 2025. This will become a new catalyst for the overall growth of consumer prices. Against this background, russia has almost halved its sea exports of petrol – in May, it declined to 130 thousand tons, which is by 47 % less than a year ago.
6/13/2025
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June 13, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The EU Council has approved new tariffs of 50 % on agricultural products and certain fertilizers produced in the rf and the rb, which have not yet been subject to additional duties. In addition, “a duty of 6.5 % on fertilizers imported from belarus and the rf, as well as fees of EUR 40 to EUR 45 a ton in the period 2025-2026 are envisaged. By 2028, the duty will increase to EUR 430 a ton.
6/13/2025
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Our Units in the Sumy Region Are Gradually Pushing the Occupier Back – Address by the President

Thank you! I thank every one of our soldiers, sergeants, and officers for this result. Every unit. We also discussed issues related to financing our defense and defense production in Ukraine. Every single day, both in Ukraine and together with our partners, we focus on ensuring our defense – on everything that provides protection for our state and our people, both here and now, and in the long term.
6/13/2025
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Large russian Businesses Are Rapidly Losing Assets Abroad

Dozens of leading russian companies – “gazprom”, “sberbank”, “rosneft”, “lukoil”, “vtb”, “rostekh”, “rosatom”, etc. – have lost key assets abroad under the pressure of sanctions, nationalizations and breaking up with partners. This has an extremely negative impact on the rf’s budget revenues due to a reduction in foreign exchange earnings.
6/12/2025
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June 12, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The European Commission proposes to introduce a ban on the purchase of petroleum products made from russian oil as part of the 18th package of sanctions against russia. Although the embargo on direct deliveries from russia to the EU has been in place since February 2023, nothing prevents companies in third countries from buying cheaper russian oil and shipping products to Europe after refining. Now, the European Commission wants to close the road for russian oil entering the EU “through the back door”, said President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
6/12/2025
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Speech by the President at the Ukraine – Southeast Europe Summit

Defense support for Ukraine. We need it to protect our cities and villages from russian attacks, and to make russia feel the real cost of war at home. Air defense systems and drones are crucial. Another key tool is, of course, sanctions. Your support for joint EU sanctions decisions is vital. But real peace comes with a $30 cap – that’s the level that will truly change thinking in moscow.
6/12/2025
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russia Is losing Influence in the Sahel Region of Africa

russia is facing an increasingly noticeable loss of influence in the Sahel Region, despite the active transfer of heavy weapons and efforts to strengthen its military presence through the newly created “African Corps”. Statements about the allegedly “successful completion of the mission” of the “wagner” group in Mali contrast sharply with the facts on the ground: the security situation keeps deteriorating.
6/11/2025
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June 11, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The key proposal in the 18th EU sanctions package against russia will be to lower the price ceiling for russian oil from $60 a barrel to $45, as well as to ban the use of russian energy infrastructure, including the two “nord stream” pipelines. Latvia is introducing administrative and criminal liability for violations of international and national sanctions since June 10.
6/11/2025