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

Drones are the Netherlands’ new priority in supporting Ukraine after the completion of the transfer of 24 F-16 fighters.

Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Ruben Brekelmans has said that support for Ukraine should be an integral part of NATO’s future defense spending. He also believes that to date Ukraine has the largest, most powerful and, in some respects, the most innovative army in Europe.

“Sabotage, trolling, absurd demands and constant attacks on civilians,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic commented on the fact that russia has been ignoring the unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine for 100 days.

European Commission Spokesperson Markus Lammert has said that the EU plans to keep russia’s frozen assets in the EU in the amount of EUR 210 billion to channel extraordinary profits from them to Ukraine at least until the end of 2025.

President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde has emphasized that Ukraine will be able to attract significant amounts of capital for recovery and reconstruction over the next decade, but investors need guarantees of effective distribution of funds. “...It is about ensuring that every euro, and every hryvnia, delivers real returns for the Ukrainian people,” she summarized.

Ukrainian and French experts are determining a strategy for cooperation under a new EUR 200 million fund to support projects to rebuild and integrate with the European market.

European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva believes that to ensure a dynamic enlargement process, the EU should amend the fundamental Community Treaties and reduce the number of decisions in the EU Council format that require unanimous approval. “russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is a stark reminder of the importance of enlargement. Now, more than ever, a bigger and stronger EU is a strategic imperative, and it is clearly in the EU’s interest,” said the Representative of the European Commission.

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The European Commission has announced that the EU will completely stop importing fossil fuels from russia by the end of 2027.

The Government of New Zealand has imposed new sanctions against 18 individuals and legal entities associated with the rf’s military-industrial complex, as well as several accomplices of the aggressor country from north korea, iran and belarus. The “blacklist” includes the commercial operator of unmanned aerial systems “aeroskan”, the developer and manufacturer of combat aircrafts the A.S. Yakovlev design bureau, and russia’s largest manufacturer of automatic weapons and ammunition, the “kalashnikov” concern.

Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Ruben Brekelmans has pointed out that putin’s imperial ambitions go beyond Ukraine and threaten the Baltic states.

On July 15, a decision will come into force in Latvia, according to which only passports of russian citizens with biometric data will be recognized as valid for entry into the country.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis believes that the “legitimate target” of Ukrainian strikes is russia’s oil infrastructure.

Armenia’s authorities are planning to completely ban the broadcast in the country of programs by russian propagandist solovyov, who made insulting remarks about Armenia on his program.

russia’s economy is on the verge of slipping into recession, said minister of economic development and trade reshetnikov.

petushenko, the head of “avtodor”, has said that some federal highways in russia “will never have” mobile coverage.

ceo of “severstal” shevelev has warned of the threat of a complete shutdown of steel plants in russia.

vgtrk media holding reduced international distribution of its content to Kazakhstan by 15 % last year due to new local legislation. At the same time, the company’s operations in Asia are hampered by sanctions risks: Japan and South Korea are canceling broadcasts of content already sold, while China has frozen purchases altogether.

The rf’s ministry of foreign affairs will allow police officers without a university degree to investigate criminal cases.

“Intuition, calculation and faith” will help bring inflation back to 4 %. This was stated by head of the central bank of the rf elvira nabiullina. She also added that “some aspects of the rf’s economic growth have been exhausted.”

“rostekh” will freeze the construction of three waste processing plants in moscow region and in kazan. The reason is sanctions against the rf. The corporation will wait for “better times, when money will be cheaper or there will be some help from the state.”

Since the beginning of the rf’s war against Ukraine, Chinese hackers have sharply intensified their hunt for russian military secrets. The number of attempts to penetrate russian systems began to grow rapidly in May 2022, and since then, Chinese hackers have not ease their cyber activity. China is trying to gain access to knowledge and technology in the defense sector, as well as to gather information about the experience that russia is gaining during the war against Ukraine. The Chinese are especially interested in combat drones and software.

Preparing girls for the role of mother should begin at the age of three, said zdunov, the head of the Republic of Mordovia, which ranks 46th among russian regions in terms of quality of life.

The European Union’s only aggressive neighbor is russia, along with belarus, – said Minister of Internal Affairs of Estonia Igor Taro.

The ministry of internal affairs of the rb has recognized two projects as “extremist formations”: petitions.by and adu.place. Petitions.by is a platform for submitting public collective appeals to the authorities. The service’s website was blocked in belarus in 2021. Adu.place is a project for belarusian youth that tells about study abroad opportunities.

ojsc “legmash” plant”, design bureau “unmanned helicopters” and their executives have been added to the list of New Zealand’s sanctions. Representatives of the dprk, iran and russia, including 27 vessels of the russian shadow fleet, are also subject to restrictions. Currently, lukashenko, the leadership of the rb’s ministry of defense, general staff, state military-industrial committee, and state secretary of the security council volfovich, are under New Zealand’s sanctions for supporting russia’s aggression in Ukraine.