The occupying administration closed an Islamic school in the Simferopol District of Crimea. Crimean Tatars, the Indigenous people of Ukraine, are systematically targeted for repression, as they are historically perceived as disloyal to Moscow. These actions by the occupying administration are part of a broader policy of persecution based on religious and ethnic grounds.
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Russian drones targeted central Kyiv, where British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At least 1 drone was shot down, with debris destroying a car not far from the Mariinsky Palace, the President’s official residence where the leaders were meeting at the time. Witnesses said they heard the explosion from outside the building.
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According to recent nationwide polling, 90% of Ukrainians want Ukraine to join the EU, and 84% want Ukraine to join NATO. 46% of Ukrainians polled prioritize NATO membership for Ukraine over EU membership (22%) – Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
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NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska spoke at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference in Sweden about the threat Russia plays to NATO as a whole. “Russia is preparing for a long-term confrontation with us. They say this openly, and they act accordingly. Just this year, Russia’s total military spending will be 7 or 8 % of GDP, if not more. Russia’s defense industry is scaling up, with the help of China, Iran, and North Korea; together, they’re aiming to destabilize the global order, to weaken Europe and North America, and to undermine our freedoms.”
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The Russian state has been pursuing a 2-track strategy to cover its mounting war costs, supplementing its highly scrutinized defense budget expenditures with funding from an off-budget defense financing scheme that is similar in scale but has been overlooked by analysts. Unlike its federal defense budget expenditures, which remain at sustainable levels, Russia’s off-budget funding scheme is proving much more problematic to sustain. This now poses a funding dilemma for Moscow that could weigh on its war calculus while providing Ukraine and its allies valuable, new negotiating leverage.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a video of the interrogation of the North Korean POWs and stated that Ukraine is ready to return them to their home country as part of a prisoner exchange with Russia.
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The US imposed sanctions on over 200 entities, including Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas, and individuals involved in Russia’s energy sector and identified over 180 vessels as blocked property. This wide-ranging, robust action will further constrain revenues from Russia’s energy resources and degrade Putin’s ability to fund his illegal war against Ukraine.
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