Defence`s Feeds

Building on our January 10 sanctions targeting Russia's energy sector, today the United States is designating over 250 enablers of Putin's war against Ukraine. These sanctions will further constrain Russia's ability to wage war and thwart sanctions evasion.

Today, the United States is sanctioning nearly 250 enablers of Russia's illegal war against Ukraine. As part of this action, the Department of State is designating more than 150 individuals and entities.

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is moving against Russian efforts to evade U.S. sanctions. This action targets a sanctions evasion scheme established between actors in Russia and the People's Republic of China (PRC) to facilitate cross-border payments for sensitive goods. In addition, Treasury is designating a Kyrgyz Republic-based financial institution that coordinated with Russian officials and a U.S.-designated bank to implement a

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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Kyiv and its partners should continue to apply pressure on Russia to improve Ukraine's position in any eventual negotiations to end the war.

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Only a few weeks after the toppling of the brutal Assad regime, shedding light on the most severe violations of human rights in Syria remains key to reconciliation and a new beginning for the country.

Israel has reportedly carried out a deadly airstrike on a military target belonging to the HTS administration in Syria for the first time since the foreign-backed militant group took over the Arab country and unseated President Bashar al-Assad.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani says Iran's presence in Syria was at the official request of former President Bashar al-Assad's government with the aim of helping the Arab country in the battle against terrorism.

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk has described the unbearable suffering of former detainees under the deposed Assad regime and insisted that he stands with the people of the war-torn nation as they "rebuild a country that works for all Syrians".

Taiwan's embassy in Tuvalu has accused China of engaging in a "disinformation" campaign to sabotage diplomatic ties with the Pacific ally after a Chinese government-funded news site showed clips of Tuvaluans backing a switch in allegiance to Beijing.

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Wednesday it has proposed pay raises for volunteer enlistees amid reports of a fourfold increase in military personnel opting out of their contracts early.

The spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, Chen Binhua, criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities during a press conference on Wednesday, accusing them of resorting to the old tactic of "spending people's money on brainwashing." He further claimed that the DPP has kept cyber army to smear Chinese mainland.

A spokesperson of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday lashed out at Taiwan secessionists over a series of recent provocative remarks and actions by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities, saying that the Chinese mainland remains unwavering in its resolve to punish secessionists, and also calling the vast number of Taiwan compatriots to firmly oppose the provocations of Taiwan secessionists and external

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Wednesday that it would step up surveillance near four key areas where undersea cables are located after a Chinese-owned vessel apparently cut an undersea fiber-optic cable near Keelung Harbor.

Russian forces tried to prevent Ukrainian troops who captured a North Korean soldier in Kursk earlier this month from taking him off the battlefield, according to a Ukrainian soldier involved in the mission in comments to RFE/RL.

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On 15 January 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, during her working visit to the Netherlands, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, and thanked for contribution by the Netherlands to security in the Baltic region, especially for the rotational participation of the Dutch troops in the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission from Ämari

Svitlana Pokalchuk sent her two teenage sons abroad so that they could avoid military service in Ukraine when they came of age.