China may cut Russian oil imports by 400,000 barrels daily as US sanctions strike war budget
Energy profits make up nearly 78% of Russia's federal budget. Every cancelled shipment tightens the noose around Moscow's war financing.
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Washington Post: Venezuela seeks Russian weapons, Chinese radars, Iranian drones amid reported US military pressure
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Russia to repair Soviet-era fighter jets and supply missiles, while seeking radar systems from China and long-range drones from Iran, according to internal US government documents obtained by The Washington Post
WSJ: How Chinese engines power Russia’s deadly drone raids on Ukrainian cities
Covert exports from China provide Russia with drone engines, navigation gear, and batteries, WSJ says.
New sanctions will drain $50 billion yearly from Russia’s war chest, intelligence finds
While troops fight in Donbas and beyond, Kyiv is using legal and financial instruments worldwide to reduce Russia’s capacity for war.
China blocks Ukraine’s last drone supply route after flooding Russia with the same parts
Ukraine’s deep-strike capability just got an expiration date.
Zelenskyy accuses China of arming Russia despite Xi’s personal assurances
Ukraine’s president says Chinese support, including weapons production machinery and mercenaries, is helping Moscow continue the war, and urges Beijing to pressure Russia to stop.
Trump says he won’t meet Putin unless “we’re going to make a deal”
Trump said he would only engage in talks if there was a clear pathway to a peace agreement.
China’s state oil firms halt Russian oil purchases following US sanctions – Reuters
Move follows India's plans to slash imports as sanctions threaten Russia's energy revenues from largest buyers.
Europe’s fears of losing comfort may cost it true independence, former Ukrainian army chief Zaluzhnyi says
According to Zaluzhnyi, a new doctrine is being formed that will create armies of robots and artificial intelligence, but Europe still postpones difficult defense decisions in favor of comfort and political popularity.
WP: China sent Ukraine just 72 miles of fiber-optic drone cable—but gave Russia 328,000 miles to power its FPVs
Despite cutting direct drone exports, China’s tech factories are keeping Russian drone makers in business—shipping the components that power their most advanced systems.
Georgia’s PM courts authoritarian allies as Western ties collapse after sham elections
Kobakhidze meets with Chinese and Belarusian ambassadors hours apart, accepting congratulations on the contested vote Western democracies refused to recognize.
FT: American intelligence helped Ukraine attack over a dozen key Russian oil refineries since midsummer
The support allegedly allowed Ukrainian drones to bypass Russian air defenses and damage more than 1mn barrels of daily refining capacity.
Russia uses three distinct turboprop Shahed drone variants — all packed with foreign parts
Ukraine’s sanctions envoy said that Moscow’s drone assembly plants in Tatarstan and Izhevsk can’t operate without imported microcontrollers and digital converters.
Japan on alert as three Russian ships push into Philippine Sea amid deepening Moscow–Beijing cooperation
Tokyo's 2025 White Paper identified strengthening Moscow-Beijing strategic ties as a direct threat to Indo-Pacific stability.
“Putin is laughing at West”: Ukraine traces 102,000 foreign components in Russian weapons after biggest strike of war on Lviv
Zelenskyy revealed that Russia’s 5 October attack relied on thousands of imported electronics for missiles and drones, demonstrating how international supply chains are exploited for war.
China provided satellite data used in Russian missile attacks, Ukraine’s intelligence says
Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service officer said the cooperation allowed Russian forces to refine targeting for recent missile assaults inside Ukraine.
Ukraine just sanctioned a Chinese firm helping Russia build Shaheds—and also extended measures on Russian oligarch-linked firms
Kyiv named Shenzhen Weiliao for supplying drone parts to Alabuga plant and renewed sanctions against Aven, Fridman, and Kosogov-linked structures.
Trump still wants to get deal and to make money with Putin despite change of Ukraine’s rethoric, former US envoy says
Trump demands cuts in Russian energy purchases while hinting at tariffs on China and India.
Reuters: Chinese drone engineers spotted at Russian weapons plant under Western sanctions
More than half a dozen visits by Chinese experts to Russian arms manufacturer IEMZ Kupol since last year have involved testing military drones and adapting flight control systems
132,000 foreign-made parts found in Russian missiles and drones launched this week — Zelenskyy demands full tech blockade
Ukraine says the world’s electronics are helping fuel Russia’s daily strikes on civilians.