February 24, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Ukraine and Denmark have signed an agreement on security cooperation and long-term support. Denmark’s package of military aid to Ukraine worth 1.7 billion Danish crowns (approximately 247 million US dollars) includes money for the purchase of 15,000 artillery shells in cooperation with the Czech Ministry of Defense, as well as equipment and munitions for air defense, mine clearing equipment and drones.

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen hopes that the F-16 fighter jets provided by her country, will be in the sky of Ukraine by the summer of this year.

Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander de Croo has reported that his country would hand over F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by 2025.

The German Bundestag has supported transferring to Ukraine “much needed additional systems of long-range weapons and ammunition”.

Member of the Bundestag from the Christian Social Union faction Thomas Silberhorn has said he does not share Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s concern about the provision of Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine.

Increasingly more Germans believe that European countries should increase weapons and ammunition supplies for Ukraine.

Kosovo and Estonia have joined the mission of training Ukrainian servicemen in the United Kingdom.

The JSC “Ukrainian Defense Industry” has concluded a contract with the Czech company Česká zbrojovka a.s. concerning the production of Czech assault rifles Bren 2.

In a letter to the member states' Foreign and Defence Ministers, Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy, has urged them to do everything possible to provide Ukraine with shells, stating that immediate action is needed to change the situation in Ukraine.

“Ukrainians fight for the rule of law, democracy, freedom, against tyranny. They fight for our values ​​and our safety. That is why we will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”, said President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen.

President of France Emmanuel Macron will meet foreign leaders on February 26 in Paris to discuss strengthening of support for Ukraine.

Poland's Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar has stated that Ukraine is fighting not only for its freedom, but also for the freedom of the whole of Europe.

NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoană has called a huge strategic failure the rf’s efforts to prevent the enlargement of the Alliance, while two more countries that had been neutral for decades – Finland and Sweden – now have joined it.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski has warned of “deep consequences” for US alliances around the world, if the US Congress does not approve more than $ 60 billion aaid to Ukraine.

To the second anniversary of russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine, Poland’s Sejm – the Lower House of Parliament – has adopted a resolution on honoring the memory of victims of russia’s aggression.

“Congress knows that by supporting this bill, we can strengthen security in Europe, strengthen our safety at home and stand up to putin. Opposing this bill only plays into his hands ”, said US President Joe Biden on the importance of supporting Ukraine.

The American company Horizon Capital managed to raise $ 350 million as investments in Ukrainian companies through its Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV, having exceeded the planned by $100 million.

Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund at the level of experts have reached an agreement on the third revision of the expanded financing mechanism (EFF) of $ 15.6 billion.

The summit of G7 leaders does not recognize russian elections in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

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The EU has introduced the 13th package of sanctions against russia and those who are responsible for the continuation of the war against Ukraine. It includes 106 individuals and 88 legal entities, including enterprises located in India, Sri Lanka, China, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Thailand and Turkey. The sanction list includes 27 organizations that support the rf’s military-industrial complex.

In particular, sanctions have been imposed on RG Solutions Limited (Hong Kong); Guangzhou Ausay Technology Co Limited, Shenzhen Biguang Trading Co. Ltd and Yilufa Electronics Ltd (China); TOO Elem Group (Kazakhstan); Thai It Hardware Co., Ltd (Thailand); Yildiz IP Teknoloji Elektronik Elektrik Bilgisayar Malzemeleri Ticaret Sanayi Limited Sirketi (Turkiye); Conex Doo Begrad-Stari Grad (Serbia); Si2 microSystems Pvt Ltd (India); Euro Asia Cargo (Private) Ltd. (Sri Lanka).

Personal sanctions have been imposed on the governors of tula, belgorod, penza, ryazan regions, khanty-mansi autonomous district, representatives of occupying authorities in Crimea and Kherson regions, deputy commander of the black sea fleet romanov, deputy minister of defence of the rf krivoruchko, rf’s ambassador in belarus gryzlov, minister for national policy of chechnya dudaev, leadership of the organization “the movement of the left”.

For cooperation with the ministry of defense of the rf, sanctions have been imposed on directors general of machine-building enterprise “avitek” ivanova, “mg-flot” bobrov, all-russia scientific-research institute of radio-technology zaitseva, shipment company “azia” shastin, moscow scientific-research institute “agat” ivanchikhin, “oboronlogistika” lukyanov, “sovfrakht” reshetneva. As well as against companies “elabuga development”, “spetspostavka”, “fregat” plus 14 more organizations.

Sanctions have also been imposed against three citizens of belarus for their involvement in the deportation of Ukrainian children: head of belarusian red cross shevtsov, head of the novopolotsk city council demidov, chief of a charity foundation aleksei talai.

The Council of the European Union has also imposed sanctions on 6 individuals and one legal entity responsible for actions aimed at destabilization, undermining or threat to Moldova's sovereignty and independence.

The United States has introduced new anti-russian sanctions, in particular the SDN-List now includes bank “avangard”, mining company “mechel”, sibirian coal energy company, national system of payment cards. For the assistance to russia, the United States introduced export bans against 93 companies: 63 – from the Russian Federation, 8 - from China, 16 – from Turkey, 4 – from the UAE, 2 – from Kyrgyzstan, 1 – from India, and 1 – from South Korea.

US President Joe Biden has said that new US anti-russian sanctions will affect almost 100 companies involved in the defense-industrial complex. In total, the new US sanctions package will be directed against more than 500 individuals and legal entities.

The US Department of Justice has published a list of lawsuits against russian oligarchs and their allies, and reported the arrests of two “intermediaries” of the russian oligarch, who fell under sanctions – the United States is trying to confiscate assets for about $ 700 million.

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions against ship owners from Turkey, UAE and Switzerland through trade in russian energy carriers, in particular, the “black” list now includes the companies Active Denizcilik Ve Gemi Isletmeciligi Anonim Sirketi and Beks Ship Management And Trading Joint Stock Company (Turkiye), Fractal Marine Dmcc (ОАЕ), Paramount Energy & Commodities SA (Switzerland).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ireland has said that a new package of anti-russian sanctions will include a ban on the supply of components for unmanned aerial vehicles to the rf.

“If you care about human lives, if you care about your own people, russian children and young people, you have to stop this war now”, – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Baerbock addressed minister of foreign affairs of the rf lavrov at the meeting of Foreign Ministers of G20.

The Brazilian company Vibra Energia refused to refuel the plane of minister of foreign affairs of the rf lavrov because of the risk of falling under the USA’s secondary sanctions.

The Saeima of Latvia has approved a ban on importation for consumption in the country of agricultural and feed products from belarus and russia. According to the amendments, it is also forbidden to import these products from third countries if they come from belarus or russia. The ban does not apply to products that go through Latvia to other EU countries.

From February 23, the WhatsApp messenger began to stop the russians’ accounts.

The Sports Arbitration Court (CAS) has rejected the appeal of the russian olympic committee (ocr) to return it to the activity of the International Olympic Committee. Since October last year, the ocr has been deprived of the right to participate in the activity as the national olympic committee and will not receive funds from the IOC.

The Latvia Hockey Federation (LHF) has cancelled the licenses of athletes who participated in the russian “games of the future”, which take place in kazan.

On the portal “the single lesson of the rf” there is a document-methodological instructions, in which teachers are advised to hold a debate in classes on the topics of putin’s interview with Carlson; involve children in “research projects” based on the interview; analyze it as a mediatext.

Polish carriers and farmers have applied to the administration for a protest on the Motor Road 68 in Koroszczyn area. It is actually the only line that is currently undergoing freight transportation between belarus and Poland. For a month, the participants of the action plan to let one belarusian truck per hour use the key route. For belarusian transport companies, it can mean losses of hundreds of millions of euros.

russia imports Japanese and Thai components for weapons and combat vehicles through the belarusian company, registered in China, said the Belpol (belarusian opposition organization in exile).

In belarus, lukashenko’s decree has introduced regular changes to early use of family capital. Money will be allowed to be spend on medical services only in state institutions, but not in private centers. Also, there is a ban on the alienation of the ownership of housing bought by using family capital, which was registered before 2022, within 5 years from the date of registration of the ownership.

While visiting the “beldzhi” plant, lukashenko said that the German BMW car manufacturer many years ago, allegedly gave him a car. The BMW has stated that such a gift was never given. Earlier, lukashenko boasted of a gift of Tesla car from Ilon Mask worth $ 165 thousand. The founder of SpaceX and Tesla Ilon Musk, answering the relevant question on Twitter, said that he never presented lukashenko with a Tesla car.

After the January raid of belarusian security officers, at least 275 people were persecuted. 115 people were judged by administrative cases. Of these, 85 were tried for the use of foreign free assistance. Judges are imposing large fines together with compensation.