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

US President Donald Trump has said that during his meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping, the issue of Ukraine was raised. According to him, Beijing agreed to “work together” with Washington to end russia’s war against Ukraine.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand issued a joint statement condemning russia’s aggression against Ukraine and assuring their unwavering support for our country. “Our support for Ukraine is unwavering. We reaffirm the need to ensure accountability to restore justice for victims and uphold the international order. We commit to cooperating to deprive russia of revenue from oil trading and to counter the activities of the shadow fleet,” the statement said.

Ukraine and Finland have agreed to continue coordination within the Finnish-Ukrainian Investment Fund (FUIF) and to develop new spheres of partnership between the Ukrainian and Finnish private sectors.

“The Turkish and Ukrainian peoples share a deep understanding of the price of independence and the sacrifices made to defend it. Both our nations know that territorial integrity and sovereignty are never given as gifts – they are earned, preserved, and restored with each generation,” said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Türkiye to Ukraine Levent Bilgen. The Ambassador stressed that Türkiye is a staunch supporter of the inviolability of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence, does not recognize the illegal occupation of Crimea, and reiterates on all platforms that Crimea is Ukraine.

Ukraine has received $177 million from the World Bank to support healthcare and fiscal management.

“Ukrainska Bronetekhnika” (“Ukrainian Armored Vehicles” – Transl.) and the Czech defense group Czechoslovak Group (CSG) have launched the production of large-caliber shells in Ukraine.

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After the start of full-scale war against Ukraine, the West froze the assets of private russian investors who were not sanctioned. Their number exceeds three million people, and the value of their assets is $14 billion.

Switzerland is joining the additional measures of the European Union’s 18th package of sanctions against russia, as well as the measures against belarus taken in addition to this package.

A bipartisan group of US Senators intends to summon russian ambassador in Washington Aleksandr Darchiev to the Senate to hear his testimony in a case of war crimes related to the abduction of Ukrainian children.

Two major shipping lines have suspended operations in russia – the UAE-registered company CStar Line and the Chinese STF Shipping, which in 2023-2024 were among the leaders in sea container transportation to russian ports.

Delivery of goods from China to russia is becoming significantly more expensive due to traffic jams in Kazakhstan. The situation has been exacerbated by the suspension of operations by two major shipping companies. In October, tariffs began to rise rapidly: container delivery is already by 40 % more expensive than in September, while a new wave of price increases is expected in November.

Chinese electric cars will become by 15 % more expensive in russia.

The share of problematic borrowers among legal entities in the rf reached 23 % as of August 2025. Approximately 165,000 companies are unable to repay their loans and borrowings on time.

The earnings before tax of russian companies for the first eight months of 2025 decreased by 8.3 %.

The share of unprofitable coal companies in russia continued to grow in January–August 2025, having increased to 67 % from 52 % in the same period of the previous year. The balance loss of the coal industry (before tax) for the eight months of this year amounted to 263.2 billion rubles, having increased by 38.2 billion rubles over the month. Coal miners’ profits in January-August fell by 54 % year-on-year to 53 billion rubles, while losses increased 2.6 times to 316.2 billion rubles.

In January-September 2025, Gazprom incurred a net loss of 170.3 billion rubles, calculated according to russian accounting standards.

“russian Railways” recorded a net loss of 4.207 billion rubles for the period from January to September 2025.

The net profit of the mining and metallurgical company “Norilsk Nickel” has decreased by 39 % this year.

Cucumbers rose in price by 5 % in russia over the week, tomatoes – by 3 %.

Car loans in russia declined by 45 % over three quarters.

Sales of russian agricultural machinery on the domestic market in January-September decreased by 26.5 % year-on-year.

Sales of game consoles in russia decreased by 12 % over the year. In terms of the number of consoles sold, no-name brands from China accounted for almost half of the market (49 %).

Almost all long-haul aircraft belonging to the russian airline Red Wings have broken down.

Salary offers for goods sorters rose sharply in russia: in the third quarter of 2025, applicants with no experience were offered an average of 155,539 rubles per month for such work, which is by 74 % more than a year earlier. The salaries of entry-level sorters were almost twice as high as those of russian doctors, who were paid an average of 87,012 rubles in June this year.

russia’s food industry enterprises are short of about 30 % of workers. There is an acute shortage of mechanics, technologists, engineers, and line personnel. The shortage of unskilled workers alone, including handymen, loaders, line operators, and meat boners, may amount to 250,000 people.

In russia, against the background of the return of war participants from the front, there has been a sharp increase in the number of people convicted of hooliganism under criminal law (Article 213 of the Criminal Code) – involving the use of violence, weapons, or motives of hatred. While in the first half of 2024, courts considered 425 such cases, in 2025, the number almost doubled to 767.

Speaker of the state duma Vyacheslav Volodin has proposed depriving russians recognized by the authorities as foreign agents of free access to their pension payments. He has stated that pensions for this category of citizens should be transferred to special accounts, and that in order to receive payments, foreign agents would have to return to russia and face punishment.

Authorities of the rf are preparing to prosecute russians recognized as foreign agents for participating in international conferences and forums. Member of the state duma Andrei Lugovoi has proposed classifying attendance at such events as treason.

In Stavropol, payments for combat awards to participants in the war against Ukraine have been cut tenfold.

The governor of Moscow region has complained about clogged sewers due to residents’ not knowing how to use moist toilet paper.

Member of the High Council of Khakassia from “United russia” Alexander Pashchenko has threatened to take revenge on a resident of Sayanogorsk who criticized the authorities for their inaction on the issue of stray dogs. Pashchenko has advised him to talk like that “with his relatives” and mentioned the practice of extrajudicial punishment of fellow servicemen, widespread in the russian army in the war against Ukraine.

The freight transport carrying materials for the construction of the M-12 “Vostok” toll highway in Nizhny Novgorod region damaged more than 600 km of regional and intermunicipal roads in the region. The restoration of those roads will cost 12.8 billion rubles.

Lithuania has closed its border with belarus for a month.

Poland has postponed the opening of border crossing points with belarus for several weeks. “Due to the events on the Lithuanian border, Warsaw will act in coordination and solidarity with Vilnius,” said Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration of Poland Czesław Mrożek.

The EU is ready to impose additional sanctions against belarus if the “hybrid actions” against Lithuania continue.

In belarus, minimum labor and social pensions will be increased by 84 kopecks (approximately 10 hryvnias) from November 1.