Europeans are increasingly signaling that they will not follow U.S. President Donald Trump if he advocates requiring Ukraine to give up territory or easing sanctions on Russia, according to a major poll by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
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The United Kingdom has announced additional sanctions aimed at further dismantling the economic and military capabilities of the terrorist state — Russia. The measures, unveiled during the G7 summit in Canada, are part of a sustained British effort to undermine the Kremlin’s ability to fund and sustain its full-scale war against Ukraine.
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Russia is using covert maritime operations in international waters near Greece and Cyprus to evade Western oil sanctions and maintain critical revenue flows for its war effort in Ukraine, according to a recent disclosure by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency. In a statement published this week, Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) identified a specific Aframax-class oil tanker—IMO 9247443—as a key vessel involved in these operations.
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Russian government budget revenues continue to collapse as the combined weight of war spending, international sanctions, and systemic mismanagement tears into the foundations of its economy. In May 2025, the Kremlin recorded a federal budget deficit of 167.7 billion rubles—despite May traditionally being a month of budget surpluses for Russia. Total federal revenues for May fell to 2.46 trillion rubles, a 6% drop compared to the same month last year.
Russia’s extractive industries are in deep crisis, according to new data from the Russian state statistical agency Rosstat. In February and March 2025, the country’s oil, gas, and coal sectors recorded catastrophic losses, marking the most severe collapse in industrial profitability since the invasion of Ukraine began. The numbers are unambiguous. The total profit from Russia’s mining sector fell -61% year-on-year in February, followed by a staggering -89% drop in March.
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Only twenty-four hours after Ukraine’s stunning operation that destroyed 34% of Russia’s irreplaceable strategic bomber aircraft, the Kremlin emerged with a list of demands so extravagant, so impervious to military reality, that the true purpose of Moscow’s “peace proposal” could no longer be obscured: these negotiations are a performance—carefully staged to delay sanctions from Donald Trump, not to secure any credible end to the war.
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After 3 days of non-stop Russian missile barrages on Ukraine, the Trump administration has reportedly blocked a G7 initiative to lower the $60-per-barrel price cap on Russia’s oil exports, according to a Financial Times report. The proposal, initially discussed during last week’s G7 finance ministers’ meeting, aimed to tighten restrictions on Russian oil revenues amid ongoing concerns about the effectiveness of existing sanctions.
The European Union has delivered a powerful new blow to Russia’s war economy, approving its 17th sanctions package in a sweeping effort to degrade the Kremlin’s capacity to wage its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Announced by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, the latest measures strike at the heart of Russia’s illicit oil trade and its broader machinery of aggression, signaling that Europe’s resolve remains unbroken.
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