Weekly battlefront update based on the latest reports by Yury Podolyaka

14 July 2025, 0:00

This short video recaps last week’s events on the Ukrainian battlefield, with key developments illustrated on the map.

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Socialism with Cuban characteristics, or a Cuban Perestroika? President Díaz-Canel announces sweeping economic reforms on the Island of Freedom

Recently, a highly significant development took place: Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced large-scale economic reforms. Their goal is to pull the country out of a prolonged economic crisis by adopting a Chinese-style model of socialist development. In simple terms, this model combines continued rule by the Communist Party with the use of market-oriented methods to drive economic growth. In this way, the country does not abandon its socialist path but adapts it to current challenges. The term “socialism with Cuban characteristics,” clearly referencing the Chinese experience, emerged back in the previous decade, but the pace of economic reform has been much slower. Unlike China, where Deng Xiaoping rapidly “opened up” […]

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Kiev’s efforts to dispute Russia’s sovereignty over the maritime spaces adjacent to the Crimean peninsula have failed in The Hague — Russian Foreign Ministry

Russia has won in the international arbitration concerning the rights of the coastal state in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, and the Kerch Strait, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported. Ukraine’s attempt in The Hague to declare the Kerch Strait “international,” with the right of passage for warships, has also failed, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported. Kiev’s demand to dismantle the Crimean Bridge has been rejected. Source: https://t.me/chp_crimea

16 June 2026, 10:20