Last Week's Summary of Russia, Ukraine War

▪︎Ukraine will ask India for humanitarian aid.To do this, the Kiev authorities are sending First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova to Delhi on Monday. 

▪︎Twitter has lifted restrictions on profiles linked to the Russian government: links to them are now reappearing in the recommendations section, search results, and the social network's feedTwitter began to show the pages of the President of Russia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Great Britain in the algorithmic feed.

▪︎The majority of Russians still believe that the sanctions of the West do not affect them in any way, — poll by "Levada-Center".An all-Russian survey showed that the number of those who are worried about sanctions in the Russian Federation is gradually decreasing: 34% of respondents are not concerned, 30% are not very worried, and those who circumvent the restrictions — to a large extent or very strongly — 18% and 15%, respectively.

▪︎Trump Asks Advisers for ‘Battle Plans’ to ‘Attack Mexico’ if Reelected.As he campaigns for a second White House term, Trump has been asking policy advisers for a range of military options aimed at taking on Mexican drug cartels, including strikes that are not sanctioned by Mexico’s government, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

▪︎Law enforcement officers detained a saboteur in Crimea who planned to blow up a large substation in Kerch.Sergey Goryunov, 52, who has Ukrainian and Russian citizenship, was recruited by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2022. He kept in touch with curators via messenger, and his task was to collect information about critical infrastructure in Crimea.

▪︎The global economy will grow by less than 3% yearly for the next five years.According to the International Monetary Fund, these are the worst growth expectations in two decades.