September 8, 2024 Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Spain has announced “the immediate dispatch (to Ukraine) of a complete HAWK battery, which includes six missile launchers”.

The Netherlands is handing over to Ukraine EUR 80 million in the equipment for technical maintenance of the F-16s, deployed by Ukraine, and air-to-air missiles.

Ukraine will receive from Lithuania EUR 10 million for the purchase of Ukrainian-made Palianytsia missile drones.

Minister of Defence of Latvia Andris Sprūds has promised to hold an international summit of the Drone Coalition in his country early next year. Sprūds has also called on the members of the contact group to support Ukraine by providing it with drones and making a financial contribution to the Coalition's fund to support the production of new unmanned vehicles.

France intends to use part (about EUR 300 million) of the EUR 1.4 billion in revenues from frozen russian assets to finance purchase of military equipment for Ukraine.

Sweden has joined the Coalition for Demining and will financially support Ukraine to carry out these works as soon as possible.

“The choice to support Ukraine was primarily a choice of national interest, and that choice will not change”, said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Almost 60 members of the European Parliament sent a letter to chief of European diplomacy Josep Borrell, calling for lifting of restrictions on the use of Western weapons by Ukraine.

“putin will not succeed in extinguishing Ukraine's sovereignty and independence. russia's actions are a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and international norms. We will continue to help our brave, determined partners in Ukrainian Intelligence. We are proud of this and admire Ukraine's resilience, innovation and perseverance”, said Richard Moore, head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and William Burns, CIA(USA) Director.

“We need to help Ukraine build its own industrial base by providing technical specifications, developing joint production, seeking cooperation and supporting key service areas”, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown.

The American company D&M Holding Company has opened an ammunition plant in Ukraine.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh has said that the United States plans to use the remaining funds to support Ukraine “in any way possible” after the end of the fiscal year in September.

Deputy Secretary of State and Acting Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery Richard Verma has emphasized that he will follow the model introduced by his predecessor, Penny Pritzker. “The sectors that she focused on – energy, technology, agriculture, critical minerals, defense, transportation and logistics – are the right ones”, he said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has signed an agreement with France and Ukraine to support Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

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The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has called on foreign banks to be cautious about transactions with new foreign branches or subsidiaries of russian credit institutions, especially those not under US sanctions.

Federal regions of the rf collected by 10.7% less income taxes in the first seven months of this year than a year ago, – as reported by the central bank of the rf.

From 2022 through August 2024, more than 350 billion rubles were stolen from russian banks and transferred out of russia.

The central bank of the rf has extended until march 9, 2025 the restrictions on withdrawals of cash foreign currency by russians. The withdrawal limit is $10 thousand or the equivalent amount in euros, regardless of the currency of the deposit or account. According to the central bank, in August, the population bought 2.5 times more foreign currency than in July (by 98.1 billion rubles more).

According to the express monitoring of the analytical and consulting company frank rg, in August, russian banks issued loans to the population for 1.2 trillion rubles, which is by 33% less compared to last year. Cash loans amounted to RUB 567.4 million, which is by 9% lower than in July and by 14.5% lower than in May (a 23% decrease compared to last year).

By the end of 2024, the catch of salmon species in russia will be halved, said the head of the federal fisheries agency shestakov. This will be the smallest catch in the last 15 years.

russians are eating by 27% less fish than ten years ago, – the fishery union of the rf has announced. According to a study by the russian media holding rambler&co, only 11% of russians can afford to eat fish. Fish has become a “holiday food” according to the majority of russians surveyed.

The dry rations supplied by the russian ministry of defense to its occupiers fighting against Ukraine have been found to be of poor quality. “According to the results of laboratory tests, the individual rations do not meet the technical specifications and are prohibited for their intended use”, the russian investigative authorities said following a special investigation.

According to the methodology of the International Labor Organization (ILO), the unemployment rate in the eurasian economic union in the first quarter of 2024 was 3.2% of the labor force. According to the European Economic Commission, in the second quarter, the unemployment rate in the rf was 2.6%, in the rb – 3%, and in Kazakhstan – 4.7%.

On September 6, another belarusian maz bus burnt down in russia’s saratov.