Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Lithuania promises to allocate EUR 30 million as some European countries plan to purchase long-range US Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine. This was stated by Minister of Defence of Lithuania Dovile Šakalienė after the Baltic countries Defense Ministers’ meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

“As for Romania’s support for Ukraine, it will continue, in particular in the military sphere,” said President of Romania Nicușor Dan4.

“We should be giving Ukraine what they need to target every one of these factories to reduce russia’s ability to keep producing drones on such a scale. To me, that’s a very practical thing that could be done,” said retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former Commander of US Forces in Europe.

US President Donald Trump allows for the imposition of secondary sanctions against russia even before the 50-day deadline he announced.

The European Parliament is considering proposals to speed up a complete ban on russian gas imports by moving the deadline from January 2028 to early 2027. The initiative comes from MPs who are pushing for a tougher approach than the one presented in June by the European Commission, which proposed to stop purchases in 2028. Among the supporters of the accelerated phase-out there are representatives of the largest parliamentary faction, the European People’s Party, and the Green Party.

During a meeting of the UN Security Council, US Representative Dorothy Shea directly accused China of facilitating russia’s aggression against Ukraine. According to her, Chinese components are regularly found in drones, weapons and equipment used by russia for attacks. Washington has called on Beijing to stop exporting dual-use goods that go to the russian military-industrial complex and allow the kremlin to maintain a high rate of attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.

Serbia may impose sanctions against russia if the prospect of the country’s accession to the European Union becomes “obvious”. This was stated by the Minister of European Affairs Nemanja Starović.

Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk has warned that a direct military threat to his country from russia could emerge as early as 2027. “Our intelligence services also point to this possible scenario. NATO commanders and we ourselves are talking about this”, confirmed Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk.

russian members of the state duma intend to expand the scope of the new law on fines for deliberately searching for prohibited information on the Internet – now legal entities may also be held liable.

In August, russia will reduce oil exports from the ports of Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Novorossiysk to about 1.77 million barrels per day from 1.93 million barrels per day in July.

Perm will start teaching drone control from kindergarten. For this purpose, special centers will be set up in preschools.

Since the beginning of 2025, EU countries have stopped at least 26,097 migrants’ attempts to illegally cross the border from belarus.

The Security Council has recognized as “extremist” the books “Lost Victories”, by Erich von Manstein; “Combat Operations in North Africa and the Western Front in Europe” by Erwin Rommel; and Gene Sharp’s “From Dictatorship to Democracy”, which describes “effective ways to successfully destroy a dictatorship with minimal suffering and casualties”.

belarusian unemployed people registered with the police were sent to clean up the Klimovichi bakery “as part of a preventive action”. They were not paid for their work. Lately, belarus has been especially hard on “parasites”. Previously, those who did not work were punished with higher utility bills, but now the police have started sending them summonses, “inviting” for their “preventive measures”. If a person ignores the summons, he or she can be punished administratively for disobeying the police. At the same time, it is illegal to send summonses to unemployed people, as neither the administrative nor the criminal code of belarus provides for liability for unemployment.