July 4, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The Government of Sweden has decided to provide Ukraine with a new military aid package worth SEK 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 133 million). The funding includes the purchase of more than 10 new barrels for Archer self-propelled artillery systems, long-range strike capability, underwater equipment, Volvo and Scania trucks, and a container system for faster and safer unloading of defense equipment.

Ukraine has signed a memorandum with the American company Swift Beat on joint production of drones, first of all  interceptors.

President  of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has emphasized that in response to the USA’s suspension of aid to Ukraine, the EU will increase its support for our country. She has been  supported by Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that he understands the desire of the US administration to care about  its own interests first, but at the same time calls for further military support for Ukraine.

“Ukraine should be in the EU. It is in the interests of both Denmark and Europe. Therefore, during  Denmark’s  presidency, we will do our best  to help Ukraine on its way to EU membership,” said Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen.

Ukraine will have access to the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, one of the EU’s key initiatives to strengthen digital states.

Signatories of the Stopify initiative (Latvia) are sending a humanitarian aid shipment to Ukraine worth  EUR 55,000, including a pickup truck, cross-country motorcycles for mobile groups, DJI night drones, fiber optic FPV drones with a range of 20+ km, thermal imaging sight, night vision devices, equipment for sniper instructors, laptops for control, and charging stations with solar panels for field conditions.

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“Lavrov – I mean, he is foreign minister of russia, I think since the birth of Jesus Christ? And since then nothing useful has come out of his mouth.,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Minister of Defence of Italy Guido Crosetto believes that russia could become a military threat to NATO territory in five years.

Poland’s  Charge d’Affaires in Ukraine Piotr Łukasiewicz has assured that it is in Poland’s strategic interests to see russia lose the war it unleashed against Ukraine.

At the meeting, the Government of the Czech Republic added russian oleg osipov, a longtime aide to  deputy chairman of the rf security council dmitry medvedev, to the national sanctions list.

russia’s oil revenues declined  to a two-year low in June.

Amid a deep crisis in the coal industry after the loss of the European export market, the overstocking of port warehouses with coal in russia has increased dramatically. In total, almost 50 million tons of products, or a quarter of all exports in 2024, are stored in warehouses.

The growing problems of the economy are reflected in the profits of companies. In the first four months of the year, they amounted to RUB 9.8 trillion, down by 1.4 % from January-April 2024. In real terms, the decline was greater: annual inflation was around 10 % at the beginning of the year, while  the GDP deflator index was 6.7 % in the first quarter. Over the year, the share of companies operating in the black declined from 70.1 % to 68.6 %. Losses of unprofitable companies grew by 50.5 %.

russian businessmen have siphoned off record amounts from their companies amid a bank lending crisis and a decline in investment activity. In 2024, the total amount of payments by large russian companies to 50 businessmen reached a historic high of RUB 1.769 trillion. In 2022 and 2023, this amount did not exceed 1.4 trillion.

russian civilian aircrafts, the production of which the authorities promised to put on stream after the ban on the supply of Boeing and Airbus to russia, have not entered mass production yet, but have managed to rise sharply in price – by 45-70 %.

In Kemerovo region, one of the largest mines, “Spiridonovskaya”, which employed 900 people, has stopped working. Debts on wages, vacation and settlement payments have amounted  to about 90 million rubles, while  production was stopped in early June due to lack of funding.

For the first time over the year, the russian services sector decreased in June,  as a slowdown in new orders forced companies to cut production.

Chechnya continues to lead the way in terms of dependence on support from the federal budget of the rf. In total, the execution of budgets of all levels in Chechnya in terms of expenditures in 2024 amounted to 580 billion rubles (in 2021 – 375 billion). Of this amount, 92 % was financed by federal funds.

russia has begun to experience interruptions in the supply of emergency contraceptive medicines  to pharmacies.

russian servicemen who fled the front in Ukraine have actually  stopped being arrested after being detained and have begun to be sent on massive meat assaults. Over the past month, more than a thousand soldiers who were wanted for unauthorized abandonment of their units have been detained across the country.

In Rostov region, mobile Internet will be permanently restricted due to drone attacks.

lukashenko  has advised veterans not to worry about potatoes, the main thing is “not to let the war into the country”.