September 25, 2023 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Grant Shapps, has said that his country will remain an ally of Ukraine and will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainian people. Shapps also announced the UK's plans to train 30,000 Ukrainian troops by the end of the year.

Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy has said he will not withdraw $300 million in aid to Ukraine from the 2024 defense budget.

President of Poland Andrzej Duda has said that his country has prepared transit corridors for the export of Ukrainian grain.

The second bulk carrier Aroyat with 17.6 thousand tons of Ukrainian wheat for Egypt, which used the temporary corridor for the export of Ukrainian grain, has arrived in Turkey.

By the end of the year, the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) may implement three war risk insurance projects in Ukraine, and US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) may implement four.

“We must strive that the injustices created by a country that has occupied another part of a sovereign country can be corrected not only with weapons, but also that law, guarantees, justice and security can be guaranteed through a commitment to dialogue. We need to have the ambition to ensure that justice is achieved “with the weapon of the law”, said the Pope's special envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi regarding the war in Ukraine.

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Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan criticized russia over the latest events in Nagorno-Karabakh.

54% of russians asked by the russian field survey group believe that the future president of the rf should establish friendly relations primarily with China, 34% – with African countries, 30% – with Central Asian countries, 25% – with the European Union, 24% – with Latin America, 23% – with Ukraine, 19% – with the United States. At the bottom of the list of “'friendly priorities” is India, to which only 5 % of russians are oriented. People of all ages want to be friends with China, young people prefer to be friends with European countries and the United States.

After foreign majors left the russian film distribution market, developers are forced to abandon cinemas in new shopping centers. In the rf, the share of cinema halls in projects and newly built facilities does not exceed 0.5%, although previously it was 60%.

Within the year, the cost of housing in the primary market in the cities of the moscow agglomeration increased by 7% (in some districts, for example, in reutov – by 18%).

The development of the russian ballistic missile “zmeievik” with hypersonic equipment has been stopped, all efforts are aimed at improving previously created missile weapons.

In the areas of Donetsk region temporarily occupied by the rf, the invaders imposed a curfew on weekdays from 11:00 p.m. to 04:00 a.m. Military censorship has also been imposed on postage, Internet use, and telephone conversations.

In the russian village of pavlo-fedorovka, the primorsk territory, a monument to the fallen occupiers who fought against Ukraine was destroyed on the eve of its opening.

The wives of the occupiers mobilized for the war against Ukraine from the trans-baikal territory complain that parcels for their husbands with warm clothes are stuck at the sorting point of the “russia’s post” in chita. The post office said that the men from the sorting point resigned due to low salaries, and the women could not cope with the work.

In kursk, festive fireworks in honor of the city day were canceled. “I think it will be reasonable from the point of view of peace and safety of residents”, said mayor of the city, kutsak.

chair of the council of the republic of the national assembly of Belarus Natalya kochanova commented on the belarusian parliamentary delegation’s participation in the events of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. “All accusations of our state of allegedly aiding aggression are complete absurdity and dirty lies. We, like no one else, are interested in a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible”.

At a briefing with foreign diplomats accredited in belarus (except for Ukrainian ones), deputy minister of foreign affairs of the rb yuri ambrazevich tried to prove that Ukrainian children are taken to belarus “for rehabilitation” legally. In a statement after the briefing, the EU Delegation condemned the deportation of children from Ukraine to russia and belarus, called for their immediate return to their homeland, and reminded that those responsible must be punished for this war crime. “The International Criminal Court is already assessing all available evidence. As you know, this led to the issuance of arrest warrants”, the European delegation emphasized.

According to belstat, the agricultural sector, which in July showed an increase of 3.3 % compared to the same period last year, fell by 3.2 % in August. In January-August 2023, the transport sector remained in a decline zone of 2.8% compared to the same period last year. If we take into account that in August last year, compared to 2021, the decline was 9.7%, it turns out that the transport sector has not reached the bottom of the crisis yet. In January-August 2023, the IT sector fell by 15.8%.

The government of the rb has approved the regulation on the procedure for organizing the verification of information on candidates for certain positions of officials which are not state civil posts. They will be checked not only for criminal but also for administrative liability. In addition, the check should show whether the candidate has applied for any “foreign” document, for example, a “Pole's Card”.