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May 2, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
More than 70 US senators support a bill for “crippling” sanctions against russia. They are proposed to be imposed if moscow does not agree to peace talks.
5/2/2025
May 1, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
Ukraine has successfully passed the screening – analysis of legislation – in the section “Entrepreneurship and Industrial Policy” as part of its preparation for EU accession.
5/1/2025
April 30, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
russia continues to lose ground in the arms market in India, which has been the kremlin’s largest arms buyer since the soviet era and in recent years has provided 20 % of rosoboroneksport’s orders. The Indian government has signed a contract to purchase 26 Rafale naval fighters from France for $7.4 billion.
4/30/2025
April 29, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
The United States must “make it clear to mr. putin that we are willing to turn him and his country into fish food”, said Republican Senator John Kennedy, commenting on the progress of negotiations after the end of the war in Ukraine and continuation of russian strikes on civilian targets.
4/29/2025
April 28, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
russia has begun large purchases of potatoes from China to fill the domestic market, which has faced a sharp decline in harvest and a price rise by almost 200 % over the past year and a half. In the first quarter, the PRC exported $10.955 million worth of potatoes to the rf. A year earlier, potato supplies from China were estimated at $432.9 thousand in January-March. In annual terms, purchases increased 25 times
4/28/2025
April 27, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
France will no longer recognize five-year russian passports without biometric data as valid documents for entry into the country.
4/27/2025
April 26, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
“I’m always mindful of the fact that it is Ukraine that must decide on those issues – it’s not for other people to decide on behalf of Ukraine. It is for Ukraine to decide. And russia must come to the table for that unconditional ceasefire,” said Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer.
4/26/2025
April 25, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
“This isn’t a pursuit of peace, it’s a mockery of it. The real obstacle is not Ukraine but russia, whose war aims have not changed,” said EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, referring to the russian combined attack on Kyiv on Thursday, April 24.
4/25/2025
April 24, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
“We support the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine. And when it comes to Crimea, our position is really clear: Crimea is Ukraine,” said Guillaume Mercier, Spokesperson for the European Commission.
4/24/2025
April 23, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
Ukraine has received another package of equipment from the IT Coalition funded by Luxembourg and Iceland, with a total value of almost EUR 2 million.
4/23/2025
April 22, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
“If there is no shift in moscow’s thinking, it is difficult for me to imagine that this war will end this year. It is a war of attrition. I do not think that at this point moscow is ready to agree to security guarantees that would be quite acceptable for Ukraine,” said ex-Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth.
4/22/2025
April 21, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
“russia could stop this war at any moment if it really wanted to... We continue to support Ukraine for a long, just and comprehensive peace,” European Commission Spokesperson Anitta Hipper commented on the “Easter truce” announced by the rf.
4/21/2025
April 20, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
On April 14–18, Ukraine received 11 shipments of humanitarian aid for energy workers from Lithuania, Poland and Belgium.
4/20/2025
April 19, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
Ukraine will receive from Japan a loan of 471.9 billion Japanese yen (about three billion US dollars) under the G7's Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine (ERA) program. The loan will be repaid by proceeds from frozen russian assets.
4/19/2025
April 18, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
“Supporting Ukraine with more weapons and air defense is the only way to a just peace,” said EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová after the rf’s missile attack on the city of Dnipro.
4/18/2025
April 17, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
The European Court of Human Rights has officially started consideration of the case concerning russia’s illegal adoption of Ukrainian children taken from Crimea after the occupation of the Peninsula in 2014.
4/17/2025
April 16, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
US Congressman Gregory Meeks, leading Democrat in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a bill that provides for tiered assistance to Ukraine, ranging from financing security needs and post-war reconstruction to strengthening sanctions against russia.
4/16/2025
April 15, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
“What is clear is that we need to support Ukraine more, and I am glad to see that we already have two-thirds of my ammunition initiative,” EU Diplomacy Chief Kaya Kallas has assured that EU countries have already collected two-thirds of the two million rounds of ammunition worth EUR 5 billion for Ukraine.
4/15/2025
April 14, 2025 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
US President Donald Trump has extended for another year the sanctions against russia imposed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, in April 2021. The restrictions introduced a state of emergency in relations with russia and allowed for the imposition of sanctions against the rf. “Specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the russian federation continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,” says the official statement.
4/14/2025
