18 August, 2025
Last night, Russia struck Kharkiv again:7 civilians were killed, including an 18-month-old baby. More than 20 were injured, including several children.Kharkiv: The city was targeted twice during the night, first by a ballistic missile, then by a suicide drone. The latter crashed into a residential building in the Industrialnyi district, causing fires on the 2nd to 4th floors in a stairwell, and completely destroying the top floor of another.Zaporizhzhia: 3 dead and 20 injured in a new salvo of missiles.Odessa: Targeted strike against an energy infrastructure belonging to an Azeri company, proof that Moscow is also attacking Ukraine's alliances and its energy sovereignty. While today in Washington, the leaders of the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ita...
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12 August, 2025
The European Union has just transferred €1.6 billion in interest generated by the Russian Central Bank's frozen assets, its third tranche after July 2024 and April 2025.This sends a strong signal: the aggressor must pay.Today, 95% of this sum goes to the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism (ULCM) and 5% to the European Peace Facility.On March 12, 2025, the French National Assembly adopted a resolution reiterating the need to seize the capital, more than €210 billion of Russian public assets frozen in European banks, and allocate them to military and economic support and reconstruction in Ukraine.For now, only the yield (interest) from these assets is being mobilized; the capital remains intact and unused, primarily held at Euroclear.We demand:1. ...
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11 August, 2025
For three years, the Kremlin has been financing its invasion of Ukraine by draining its coffers and relying on its oil, gas, and coal revenues. But this strategy is reaching its limits: Western sanctions cap the price of Russian crude oil at $47.60 per barrel, forcing Moscow to sell its production at knockdown prices to China, India, and Turkey.The result: by 2025, oil and gas revenues, which represent a third of the federal budget, have fallen by 18.5% in seven months. The budget deficit jumped to €56 billion at the end of July, a 30% increase over the annual target. A brutal slowdown
Forecasted growth is now only 0.9% (compared to 4% in 2023-2024) and reserve funds are almost exhausted. Industrial production is declining: metallurgy (-18%), automotive (-28% ...
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