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

The Ministry of Defense of Estonia has announced the delivery of a new batch of artillery ammunition to Ukraine.

“President Trump wants to bring about an end to the conflict. I have no doubt about that. We are moving closer, I hope, to some sort of ceasefire, some sort of deal. President Zelenskyy has been absolutely clear that he wants an unconditional ceasefire. putin, in my view, is dragging his heels, which is why I think it is important for us, together with others, to say there will be consequences if russia doesn’t come forward to an unconditional ceasefire,” said UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Colonel of the Netherlands Army Hub Klein Schaarsberg has emphasized that Ukraine provides extremely important lessons for the West – first of all, about adapting to modern warfare, where technology is crucial.

Ukraine and Poland have discussed cooperation in restoring social and critical infrastructure, housing, supporting local governments, and attracting foreign investment in regional projects in our country.

Switzerland will continue to block the assets of individuals with political ties to fugitive president viktor yanukovych.

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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.

EU companies will be obliged to disclose details of their transactions with russian gas to the EU in accordance with the European Commission’s future proposals to ban russian gas imports by the end of 2027.

Lithuania’s Minister of the Interior Vladislav Kondratovich has said that the growing number of Schengen visas issued to russian citizens is a serious security threat.

Lithuania no longer recognizes non-biometric russian passports as valid travel documents for entry into the country.

Dozens of russian mercenaries were killed by Berber rebels in the African country of Mali in just one battle between the Azawad Liberation Front and the “african corps”.

The rf plans to reduce the age of criminal liability for “desecration of monuments of military glory” from 16 to 14 years.

The prosecutor’s office of the rf found “signs of financing extremist activities” in the purchase of an Instagram verification check mark.

A protocol was drawn up on eight residents of Altai for holding a meeting on the highway against the elimination of the two-tier system of local government in the republic. The head of the region Turchak called them “provocateurs” who disturbed the “peace of spirits”.

belarusian railways has again offered Poland to resume passenger railway service between the countries. This is the second time in the last two months that belarusian raylways has made such a request. At the time, Poland replied that the resumption of the connection depends on the behavior of the belarusian regime towards Poles in belarus, the technical security of the state border, and the reduction of the threat of mass migration, including the cessation of attacks and provocations by belarusian special services.

The negative balance of belarus’ foreign trade in consumer goods increased 30 times over the year.

The rbs’ gross external debt increased by $2 billion 239.8 million (+6.4%) in the first quarter of 2025 and amounted to $37 billion 405.5 million as of April 1, 2025.

lukashenko wants the military to create a “wonder-machine” which could counter all types of drones. At this, he called for saving money, as it is needed for other purposes. In general, he believes that people should not be too enthusiastic about unmanned aerial vehicles, because the main thing is “a man with a gun”.