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

The Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, the leaders of Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Norway have emphasized that the USA’s “peace plan” project needs additional work and that they are ready to join in. “We take this opportunity to underscore the strength of our unwavering support for Ukraine. We will continue to coordinate closely with Ukraine and the USA in the coming days,” reads the statement.

“It is Ukraine that is the victim of putin’s criminal aggression, and it is the Ukrainians, with the support of the USA and EU countries, who must have the decisive voice in the peace talks,” said President of Poland Karol Nawrocki.

“...russia cannot impose its conditions on Ukraine or Europe. Everything that concerns Poland must be settled with the Polish government,” said Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk regarding potential negotiations after the end of russia’s war against Ukraine.

“Wars cannot be ended by major powers over the heads of the countries affected,” said Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz, emphasizing the mandatory participation of Ukraine and Europeans in the negotiation process.

An energy aid package from the Netherlands is already on its way to Ukraine.

russia’s acts of hybrid warfare against the West are not limited to sending drones, cyberattacks, and sabotage. moscow has also taken control of illegal migration routes and drug supplies to the Old World via North Africa as part of its strategy to destabilize Europe, – said Chief of Defence of the Swedish Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Michael Claesson.

By the end of the year, “Gazprom” will have sold a large petrochemical complex in Bashkiria due to losses associated with a sharp decline in supplies to the European market.

Prosecutors should step up efforts to confiscate russians’ assets in criminal cases, – said prosecutor general Aleksandr Gutsan. Although the number of citizens convicted with confiscation of property increased by more than 800 % in 2020-2024, according to Gutsan, this is not enough.

Medicines for diabetics have disappeared from pharmacies in at least four regions of russia. In Penza region and Yakutia, there is a shortage of Apidra and Levemir insulin. Mass complaints are coming in from the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Novosibirsk region. The last few units in Penza region were sold for 4,000-5,000 rubles.

While the russian automotive industry is sending employees on forced leave and cutting salaries, the number of officially represented Chinese car brands on the russian market reached 38 in November 2025. At this, there are more than 60 brands from China in russia.

russians who bought homes on installment plans a year or two ago and were counting on switching to low-interest mortgages are now forced to take out tranche mortgages, negotiate with developers to extend their agreements, or exchange their flats for smaller ones. The share of terminated agreements already stands at 10 %, and if mortgage rates remain high, it will rise to 20  %.

In Khakassia, at the end of 2025, there was an 18-20 % decline in coal exports from the region to the east.

Following Khakassia and Transbaikalia, Yakutia’s budget has also run out of money for participants in the war against Ukraine, said the republic’s minister of finance Ivan Alekseev.

The rf will ban the sale of air guns and stun guns to migrants.

Only 19 % of migrants’ children have entered russian schools due to restrictions and the requirement to pass a russian language test.

Authorities of Latvia have extended the ban on flights in the evening and at night in the airspace along the border with russia and belarus until the end of November.

After a meeting with the government, lukashenko ordered to start selling part of the gold from the gold and foreign exchange reserves to “stabilize the budget”.

Starting in the new year, cars belonging to legal entities that are in debt will not be allowed to leave belarus.

In minsk, the large transport company “AAA Solutions” is going bankrupt after failing to pay off its debts.