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

Members of the Coalition of the Willing, Ukraine, and the United States have signed a joint declaration on security guarantees for stable and lasting peace in Ukraine. “...The Coalition has made clear that Ukraine’s ability to defend itself is crucial to ensuring the future of Ukraine’s collective security and Euro-Atlantic security. We have confirmed that ensuring Ukraine’s sovereignty and lasting security must be an integral part of any peace agreement, and that any settlement must be backed by credible security guarantees for Ukraine,” reads the text.

President of the European Council António Costa has declared the EU’s readiness to commit to a system of politically and legally binding guarantees that will be activated once a ceasefire in the russian-Ukrainian war comes into effect.

A special coordination centre in the USA-Ukraine-Coalition of the Willing format will be established on the basis of the operational headquarters of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris. The coordination centre will be responsible for security guarantees for Ukraine.

Ukraine, the UK and France have signed a declaration of intent on deploying troops in Ukraine if a peace deal is made.

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez has allowed for the participation of Spanish troops in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine following a ceasefire. The Prime Minister has said that Spain, “as a major European country”, would participate in decision-making in case of a ceasefire and the possibility of establishing lasting peace in Ukraine.

Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney has suggested that his country could deploy its troops to Ukraine if a peace agreement is reached.

Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson has said he is willing to provide Ukraine with Gripen fighter jets and resources for demining the Black Sea after a peace agreement is signed.

Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre has pointed out that his country could contribute to the allied deterrent force in Ukraine within the framework of “security guarantees” and participate in the training of Ukrainian military servicemen.

“Poland will carry out all logistics tasks to support Ukraine; it will be the leading country in this area,” said Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk about his country’s role in supporting Ukraine.

Prime Minister of Belgium Bart De Wever has said that after the war ends, his country will provide air and naval forces to maintain peace in Ukraine and will participate in a training mission for Ukrainian military servicemen.

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US President Donald Trump has said that India has significantly reduced its purchases of russian oil. “If you look at the present, they have significantly reduced oil imports from russia,” he said.

The United States is demanding that Venezuela’s authorities expel advisers from russia, Cuba, China, and Iran from the country.

The revenues of russian oil companies continue to decline rapidly due to the fall in prices for Urals crude, which is sold at a discount of almost 50 % to Brent crude. At the end of the week ending January 4, russia’s average four-week oil export revenue fell to $959 million per week, the lowest level since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine. Compared to the beginning of October, russia’s oil revenues decreased by 35 %, or approximately $500 million per week, and compared to the beginning of December – by 15 %, or almost $200 million per week.

29 % of russian companies do not have their own information security professionals. At this, 42 % of companies have problems with hiring experts in this field. Most respondents cite as the main challenges the employees’ lack of necessary competencies, difficulties in estimating the expected costs of the necessary infrastructure, the transfer of large amounts of data, and additional costs during the implementation of information security systems.

Against the background of rising domestic travel costs, the growth of domestic tourism in russia may slow down. Experts predict that if the economic situation worsens, the tourism infrastructure in the regions, in particular accommodation, catering, and transport facilities, may suffer.

Mobile communications are restricted in kamchatka. According to the region’s governor vladimir solodov, the restrictions will remain in place “until the strategic and tactical situation allows otherwise”.

Due to the introduction of sanctions against “rosneft” and “lukoil”, restrictions on the transit of energy carriers to kaliningrad region have been in place since the beginning of 2026.

Tatarstan has summarized its educational results for 2025. Kindergartens were short of more than 1,000 teachers, while schools needed about 2,000 teachers. There is a trend of young professionals leaving the field: after the first year of work, 23 % of novice teachers leave school, and after three years – 36 %. The average score on the unified state exam for graduates fell compared to 2024, most significantly in English (by 5.04 points), physics (by 4.24 points), geography (by 3.45 points), and literature (by 3.11 points). Hundreds of 11th formers failed to meet the minimum threshold.

In stavropol, the average cost of a cup of coffee increased by 15 % over the year.

The head of the russian orthodox church, kirill has stated that the reason for the conflict between Western countries and russia is a divergence of values, as well as the fact that people who fall outside the “public consensus” on a number of issues are “traitors to the motherland with all the legal consequences that follow from this”. According to kirill, “love for the motherland” is one of the “values” that cannot be denied. On the contrary, human rights and freedoms are not included in this list.

The national bank of the rb has amended its instructions on assessing compliance with qualification requirements. Now, bank managers who, according to the regime, participated in protests, meetings, or pickets, or called for them, will not be able to obtain certification from the regulator. Without such permission from the regulator, specialists cannot hold certain management positions. Bankers will also be blacklisted for “participating in any activity aimed at discrediting” the regime.

lukashenko’s reserve fund will allocate 1 million 34 thousand rubles for social support for gifted pupils and students. Among them is the dictator’s younger son. The fund is formed from budgetary funds.

russia remains a key investor in the belarusian economy. Its share is estimated at more than 60 % of all direct investments in belarus. The priorities are infrastructure and products.

belarus has become the main buyer of russian chips. It accounts for 43 % of all purchases of russian imports of this product. In 10 months, belarus bought more than $86 million worth of chips.