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

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsahkna has said that his country will allocate EUR 10 million to the PURL initiative, under which weapons for Ukraine are being purchased from the United States.

“A terror state strikes again. Enough hesitation. The response must be immediate and unforgiving: escalate sanctions, impose tariffs, cut ties. Isolation must be total,” Margus Tsahkna also emphasized regarding russia’s air attack on Ukraine on September 28.

“The only way to stop russia is to degrade its military capabilities, while supplying Ukraine with right weapons to increase its ability to strike legitimate military targets and defend itself”, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Baiba Braže condemned the rf’s attack on the civilian population.

“It is time to approve a new package of EU sanctions and continue to put pressure on russia’s military machine,” President of Finland Alexander Stubb reacted to the rf’s attack on Ukraine on September 28.

“This is what life is like when your neighbor goes crazy,” said Pastor Mark Burns, spiritual advisor to US President Donald Trump, calling for unity amid russia’s massive air strike on Ukraine on September 28.

“Kyiv stands – and the European Union stands with it,” said Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova, condemning russia’s air attack on Ukraine on September 28.

“In the halls of the United Nations, russia speaks of peace; on the ground in Ukraine, its illegal war continues day and night,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Espen Barth Eide regarding the rf’s air attack on the night of September 28.

“Yesterday, lavrov (minister of foreign affairs of the rf) delivered another speech, this time at the UN Security Council, and lied about russia’s commitment to the UN Charter and peace. At the same time, russia was firing missiles and drones at Ukraine, showing its true terrorist face,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys about the rf's large-scale attack on the night of September 28.

Sweden has become the first EU country to provide additional funding for the Ukraine Facility project, having allocated approximately three billion hryvnias for this purpose. Ukraine can receive these funds by fulfilling the program’s conditions.

Italy will finance the restoration of six architectural monuments in Odesa. The country’s government has allocated EUR 8.5 million for the Odesa Regional Philharmonic; EUR 7.2 million – for the National Art Museum; EUR 3.6 million – for the Museum of Western and Eastern Art; EUR 7.2 million – for the Literary Museum; EUR 4 million – for the Sontag House; EUR 2 million – for the Wedding Palace.

Ukraine is ready to provide Hungary and Slovakia with assistance in finding alternative sources of energy carriers.

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During the elections to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), russia did not enter either the first or the second group of the governing body. Prior to this, the ICAO granted russia the status of a country with flight safety issues.

To make go by mobilization: the ministry of defense of the rf intends to expand the list of diseases that would disqualify individuals from signing a contract for military service. There are 26 such medical conditions on the list, the plan is to increase that number to 35. The order will affect people with vestibular disorders, permanent hearing loss, and diseases of the aorta, arteries, veins, and lymphatic vessels. Besides, people with maxillofacial abnormalities will not be allowed to join the ranks of contract soldiers.

Archives in several regions of russia have stopped showing to researchers the   files on people who were repressed during the soviet era. Such files will only be available to relatives of the repressed persons in accordance with Rosarkhiv Order No. 38 of March 2025, which establishes the procedure for classifying documents as “restricted official information”. It introduces a procedure whereby Rosarkhiv can close access to archival files if their dissemination poses a “potential threat to the interests of the rf”.

The Bank of russia has extended restrictions on foreign transfers of funds belonging to non-residents from unfriendly countries from broker and trust manager accounts for another six months. The bank will suspend such transactions for the period from October 1, 2025, to April 2026. The restrictions apply to transfers from accounts of both individuals and legal entities opened with russian brokers and trust managers. These measures were introduced on April 1, 2022.

This year (from January 1 to July 27), russia imported 856,374 thousand tons of potatoes, which is four times more than during the same period last year. At this, exports decreased  tenfold to 21,907 thousand tons. This was announced by executive director of russia’s Potato Union Aleksey Krasilnikov.

The law on voluntary home insurance has been in force in russia for six years, but not a single regional program has been launched yet: the regions are not ready to finance the payments.

Moldova’s police has reported the organized transportation of voters from russia to belarus to vote in the parliamentary elections. There are two polling stations in moscow, russia. Allegedly, they “cannot cope” with the number of people wishing to vote, so representatives of the Moldovan diaspora are coming to minsk, where they can vote at a polling station opened at Moldova’s Embassy in belarus.

belarusian industry fell by ≈4.2 % in August compared to the same month last year, which took away ≈1 % of annual GDP growth. In the manufacturing sector itself, the collapse is even more severe - ≈5.8%. A significant decline was recorded in every region and in minsk, which indicates problems in the majority of industrial sectors. Oil refining has been particularly affected – petrol supplies to russia have been low due to a temporary shortage on the russian market.