June 13, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Actions

US President Joe Biden has decided to send the second American Patriot anti-aircraft missile complex to Ukraine.

Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren has said that her country will give permission to Ukraine to use F-16 fighter jets to hit targets on russian territory as this corresponds to Kyiv's right to self-defense in the rf’s war of aggression. At the same time, she reported that the first F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands will be handed over to Ukraine already this summer – right after Denmark starts delivering the planes. Her country is also considering supplying Ukraine with an additional Patriot air defense system and is allocating EUR 60 million to “develop the potential of offensive drones for Ukraine”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway has announced the allocation of EUR 240 million to Ukraine to air defense measures. “Today, Germany has confirmed that it will finance the re-purchase of the Patriot system together with Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, so that 100 Patriot missiles can be quickly transferred to Ukraine. Norway will allocate EUR 125 million for this cooperation”, this is also stated in the official message of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Norway intends to independently assemble and maintain German Leopard 2 tanks.

In Strasbourg, the European Court of Human Rights began oral hearings on the admissibility and merits of the international case “Ukraine and the Netherlands Against russia”.

“The peace summit organized in Switzerland will bring together almost 100 countries from all parts of the world to discuss how to begin the process of ending this war against Ukraine. The EU fully supports these efforts. No one wants peace more than the people of Ukraine, but lasting peace can only be achieved when it is based on the key principles of the UN Charter”, said chief of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell.

President of Poland Andrzej Duda believes that Ukraine should receive an invitation to NATO, although it will be able to become a full member only after the war.

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán said that he had agreed with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that Hungary would not block decisions in the Alliance regarding Ukraine.

During the International Ukraine Recovery Conference URC 2024 in Berlin, 12 agreements on cooperation with financial institutions and energy companies regarding the development of generation and networks in our country were concluded. An Agreement was also signed on the allocation of a EUR 30.4 million loan through KfW Bank (Germany) to support Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

The World Bank maintained its forecast for the growth of Ukraine's economy at the level of 3.2% this year.

Ukraine will receive USD 109 million in grant funding as part of World Bank projects to restore and support the energy sector.

The World Bank has announced the allocation of a $ 62 million grant to Ukraine to help resolve problems in the housing sector.

The EU has signed the first guarantee agreements worth EUR 1.4 billion with international and bilateral financial institutions within the framework of the Ukraine Investment Framework, the investment component of the Ukraine Facility program.

Germany will make another contribution in the amount of EUR 50 million to the Energy Support Fund for Ukraine.

The government of the FRG will allocate EUR 100 million in the aid to Ukraine for health care programs.

The German company Notus Energy will build a 300 MW wind farm in Odesa region.

OJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and Austrian gas storage operator RAG Austria AG have signed a memorandum of cooperation regarding hydrogen storage in gas storage facilities.

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White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby has said that the G7 leaders at the summit will announce provision of aid to Ukraine based on the use of blocked russian assets.

New sanctions against russia will be announced at the summit of the G7 countries, which will be held in Italy from June 13 to 15. “We will announce a number of impactful new sanctions and export control measures, which will be implemented as part of a series of commitments made by the leaders of the G7 countries. The new sanctions will make it more difficult for financial intermediaries to support russia's defense and industrial base and will significantly reduce revenues in key sectors”, said John Kirby.

This week the US Treasury Department intends to expand the list of russian companies subject to secondary sanctions almost four times – from 1.2 thousand to 4.5 thousand. Financial organizations from third countries working with them will be considered as working directly with the military-industrial complex of the rf.

The USA is going to introduce sanctions against eight companies from Hong Kong that supply the rf with chips.

Six russians have been arrested in the United States on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State terrorist organization. All of them entered the US illegally through the southern border, the FBI followed them for several months, during the wiretapping, the detainees, among other things, talked about bombs.

The European Union has prepared proposals for the introduction of sanctions against the russian shipping company “sovcomflot”, which is engaged in the transportation of oil, as well as against 13 ships transporting goods and technologies used in the military industry of russia (in February, the USA introduced such sanctions).

The EU Court rejected the lawsuit of the russian state corporation web.rf, which sought exclusion from the EU sanctions list.

The government of Japan is studying the possibility of introducing sanctions for the first time against Chinese companies involved in supplying the rf with materials used for military purposes, nitrocellulose included.

The largest German gas importer, Uniper, has terminated long-term contracts for the supply of russian gas until 2035. At the same time, according to the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court, “gazprom export” has to pay Uniper more than EUR 13 billion in compensation.

Authorities of Finland have identified all real estate owned by citizens of the rf and located in close proximity to critical infrastructure facilities as part of strengthening of countering the rf’s espionage activities. Finland is also increasing the number of border patrols, drones and electronic detectors, as well as building fences along the border with the rf.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has announced that his country will withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

tass’ correspondent ivan popov has been expelled from Austria, his permanent accreditation having been revoked.

The application of technological innovations in russia has become more difficult due to the aggravation of the geopolitical situation around the rf and the introduction of international sanctions, the institute of statistical studies and economics of knowledge pointed out.

The Swiss company Swixx BioPharma has stopped the supply of insulin “'Humalog” to the rf by the decision of its manufacturer – the American Eli Lilly.

The “all-russian public organization of disabled people with multiple sclerosis” has announced the discontinuation of the medicines siponimod, ofatumumab, fingolimod, and natalizumab, which were previously provided to patients free of charge by prescription.

The ministry of healthcare has instructed the hospitals of belgorod, voronezh, and kursk regions to transfer patients from inpatient treatment to outpatient treatment and to accept “new patients in coordination with the medical service of the moscow military district”.

At least 22 Sri Lankans deserted from the russian army and returned to their homeland, the country's Defense Minister Allen Heath said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India demands from the rf to stop recruiting its citizens for the war in Ukraine.

The government of Germany has reduced contacts with the state authorities of the rb to a minimum. The rb’s bilateral relations with Germany and the EU have become complicated due to the deterioration of the human rights situation after the elections and the rb’s support for russia's war against Ukraine.

According to independent economists, the aggravation of the situation on the labor market is influenced not only by mass arrests and migration, but also by the behavior of enterprise administrations. Even with a great shortage of specialists, they refuse to hire people who had minor administrative offenses due to participation in rallies, “unacceptable” comments and tattoos.

Sales of “maz” trucks and buses in the rf continue to decline. In May, 451 new trucks of the minsk plant were registered in the rf, which is by 13.4% fewer than last year. In general, over five months, sales of the rb trucks in russia decreased by 7.6% to 2,329.

The liquidation proceedings in the case of the bankruptcy of mogilev plant “strommashina” llc with a hundred-year history of production of technological lines and equipment for the production of construction materials have been completed.

“The territory of the rb has unique conditions for the formation of a multi-ethnic, multicultural and multi-confessional society, a state with highly developed science, economy, culture, and a system of international relations – what should without false modesty be called the “belarusian world”, – said head of the national academy of sciences of the rb, academician gusakov.