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

The Netherlands will provide EUR 178 million to help Ukraine prepare for winter and develop distributed generation. The country is also preparing to transfer decommissioned gas turbines as early as this autumn.

The government of Sweden has decided to allocate a new aid package to Ukraine totaling nearly 1.5 billion kronor (about EUR 140 million) for 2026 to support the energy sector.

The IMF plans to approve the next tranche for Ukraine, amounting to $690 million, by mid-July of this year.

The World Health Organization and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have announced the launch of a new multi-year cooperation project aimed at supporting the long-term recovery and transformation of Ukraine’s healthcare system. Sweden will provide approximately $26 million (240 million Swedish kronor) to support this initiative.

“We have proposed a significant support package for Ukraine – approximately EUR 100 billion for the next budget period (2028–2034) – and this funding will be contingent on meeting reform requirements,” said Director of the Ukraine Service in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST) Anna Jarosz-Friis regarding the prospects for EU support for our country.

As part of URC-2026, Naftogaz has signed an agreement with the US EXIM Bank that provides for the possibility of securing up to $300 million to purchase American equipment needed to restore the oil and gas infrastructure destroyed by russia.

“Ukraine is doing well. It’s actually doing exceptionally well. It’s still ahead when it comes to innovation – for example, in drone technology – and there are now more drones successfully striking critical energy infrastructure in russia, as well as defense and support infrastructure. We see that total production at oil refineries in russia has fallen by one-third,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte regarding Ukraine’s long-range strikes against russia. The Secretary General is also confident that putin fears not NATO’s commitments, but their fulfillment.

“The G7 facilitated an important renewal of solidarity among our partners in Évian, on the one hand, regarding Ukraine, where the United States confirmed in writing for the first time that it is no longer a neutral mediator but stands with us in supporting Ukraine’s territorial integrity, providing military and energy assistance, and enforcing sanctions against russia,” said President of France Emmanuel Macron.

“If we truly want to have the best armies, then for our armies in Europe, it’s really not enough to simply spend money as we do – we really need to understand and learn how the Ukrainians manage to build such a defense industry,” said European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius.

The European Commission plans to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians until March 2028. An exception will be made for those fleeing service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The EU Council has extended restrictive measures against russia for the next 12 months, until July 31, 2027. The economic restrictions, first introduced in 2014, were significantly expanded in February 2022 in response to russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that russia poses both an immediate and a long-term threat to the Alliance.

Italy has extended the processing time for visas for russian citizens 1.5 times. The review of documents now takes more than 60 days.

Minister of Culture of Latvia Nauris Puntulis has signed an order prohibiting the use of the russian language by agencies under his jurisdiction.

China, the largest buyer of russian lumber, has sharply reduced its imports. In January–April 2026, lumber exports to China fell by 30% year-on-year. In monetary terms, the decline amounted to 26%.

The discount on “Urals” crude oil for July delivery to India relative to Dated Brent reached $4.35 per barrel – a three-month high. Discounts on russian oil are also rising at shipping ports.

Inflation in russia has accelerated. This is due to rising prices for fuel and open-field vegetables. During the week of June 16–22, inflation stood at 0.25%, following 0.15% from June 9–15 and 0.2% from June 2–8.

The volume of secondary sales of delinquent debt in the rf has exceeded 62.9 billion rubles.

In June, the supply of apartments for long-term rent in the markets of russia’s largest cities rose by 28.8% year-on-year. This is due to a steady increase in supply and limited demand.

VTB Group’s net profit in May fell by 59.9%.

“rosseti,” one of the world’s largest power grid holding companies, which supplies electricity to consumers in 82 regions of russia, will once again not pay dividends for 2025. The holding company last paid dividends in 2021.

Starting this autumn, russians will be charged a fee for accessing the international internet. These separate tariffs will result from a moratorium on expanding channels for exchanging traffic with the outside world. In April, the 20 largest providers signed an agreement with the ministry of digital development, communications, and mass media stipulating that the infrastructure connecting the russian internet to the global internet will not be expanded. To expand these channels, internet operators must now obtain permission from the authorities.

“russians who are worried about fuel shortages should stop worrying and isolate themselves from information on this topic,” said chairman of the state duma’s healthcare committee sergey leonov.

“Starting September 1, russian schools will significantly increase the amount of basic military training as part of the course ‘Fundamentals of Security and Defense of the Motherland’”, said sergey kravtsov, minister of education. According to him, 50% of class time will be allocated to this section, up from the current 20%.

The Internet has become the main cause of the demographic crisis in russia. This opinion was expressed by governor of kurgan region vadim shumkov.

deputy minister of construction and housing and utilities of the rf nikita stasishin has stated that he is “tired of turning the VPN on and off”.

The investigative committee has proposed amending the criminal code of the rf to prosecute foreign nationals for russophobia and “unfriendly actions”. Additionally, as part of its initiatives, the agency proposes lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years.

In the trans-baikal territory, fuel sales to individuals have been limited to 15 liters per refueling.

In irkutsk, public transportation fares are increasing due to rising fuel prices.

The society for the protection of rights of motorists of kaliningrad region plans to appeal to the regional authorities with a proposal to limit the sale of fuel to foreign drivers.

The number of visitors to sports shops in moscow from June 8 to 21, 2026, fell by 11% compared to last year. The average receipt amount decreased by 4%.

minsk has no intention of joining the hostilities against Ukraine. aleksandr lukashenko made this statement during a meeting with ambassador of the rf boris gryzlov, publicly acknowledging for the first time that the kremlin, through gryzlov, is trying to persuade belarus to take a more active role in the conflict. “There is no need to get dragged into the war. And there is no need to push us here into a situation where boris vyacheslavovich is orchestrating a process to drag us into the war,” lukashenko said, addressing gryzlov.

Compared to April, the number of people employed in the belarusian economy decreased by 11,600.

Since 2020, the lukashenko regime has brought criminal charges against at least 68 military servicemen, 27 of whom are currently in prison. At least 10 servicemen have been convicted under the article on high treason. The longest known sentence is 21 years in prison. There have been reports of torture, cruel treatment, and beatings of detainees, as well as pressure exerted on prisoners through their relatives.