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Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Oleh Ivashchenko Has Reported to the President of Ukraine on the Effectiveness of Sanctions Against russia

10/15/2025
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Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Oleh Ivashchenko has reported to the President of Ukraine on the effectiveness of sanctions against russia.

International sanctions are indeed limiting russia’s ability to continue and expand this war, and the stronger the pressure of sanctions, the sooner we will be able to guarantee reliable security. “This is clearly confirmed by classified data obtained by our intelligence. There is also a wealth of open data, in particular on the state of russia’s industry, finances, and regional budgets, which generally confirm the correctness of the course of further pressure on russia. putin’s system will not withstand the confrontation into which he has led russia. Today, we have determined the key areas for our further pressure. I have instructed to work with the relevant countries,” emphasized the President of Ukraine.

On the eve of his visit to Washington and contacts with European leaders, the President of the Ukraine and the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine discussed the key sources of supply to russia of critical components and equipment for weapons production. “We in Ukraine clearly understand which supplies are most important to moscow, and each such scheme must be blocked. Our partners have all the necessary capabilities to do so,” said Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Oleh Ivashchenko also reported on russia’s plan for further military exploitation of belarus’ territory. “At this stage, we will not make the information public. We will warn our partners who may be threatened by this,” said the President of Ukraine.