UK sanctions crypto exchanges and “A7 network” in crackdown on Russian evasion systems
Officials say Moscow has increasingly turned to shadow financial systems and crypto channels to sustain wartime spending as sanctions tighten.
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British-French Storm Shadow missiles took out a Russian command-and-control post on 25 May, per Ukraine
Russia announced a local missile alert in Luhansk around 16:30 on Monday. Ukraine's General Staff disclosed neither the exact target site nor the damage.
BBC: 184 sanctioned Russian tankers made 238 journeys through UK waters since the PM’s March intercept threat
94 instances saw vessels enter actual UK territorial waters, and a Russian frigate escorted one tanker through the Channel — with zero publicly confirmed boardings.
UK, EU, and Canada sanction Russian networks linked to deportation of Ukrainian children
The measures come amid estimates that more than 20,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia or occupied territories since the start of the full-scale invasion, with many still unaccounted for.
Take off in formation, fly low, navigate by terrain—Ukraine’s F-16 trainees finished a UK course Russia helped design
RAF instructors said the trainees' aircraft handling was solid from the first 10 sorties, with the months-long course shaped by jamming realities on the front line.
NATO is dead. Meet CALM.
Discussing alternatives to the Alliance has long been taboo. That changed in 2026.
“Unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine”: King Charles to US Congress
The British king invoked the US-UK alliance forged through several wars to call for the same resolve in Ukraine's defense — and warned against turning "ever more inward looking."
WSJ: Europe is quietly building a NATO fallback in case the US steps back
Germany's shift — driven by Merz's conclusion that Trump was prepared to abandon Ukraine and had confused victim with aggressor — unlocked a broader coalition.
“Will not be tolerated” – UK exposes Russian spy submarine operation targeting its undersea cables
A decoy Akula and two GUGI mini-sub carriers operated covertly north of Britain before the Royal Navy intervened.
Britain moves from sanctions lists to tanker seizures – navy can now board Russia’s shadow fleet
Around 75% of Russia's crude exports move through the shadow fleet; the UK and allies have sanctioned more than 500 vessels.
Ukraine deploys 201 drone specialists to the Gulf – the same Shaheds hitting the Middle East have hit Kyiv since 2022
Zelenskyy told the UK Parliament the deployment follows requests from partners including the US.
Russian military intel hid fire bombs in sex toy parcels targeting European cargo planes, investigators say
A parcel caught fire at a DHL depot in the UK, another in a Polish delivery truck, a third at Leipzig airport minutes before a cargo flight.
UK government knew Anna Netrebko was sanctioned by Ukraine. FOI documents show what happened next.
Four years into a full-scale war, no UK body has built a process to check whether taxpayers fund performers sanctioned by an allied nation
Ukraine opens drone factory in small British town – 1,000 battlefield-tested drones per month, built beyond Russia’s reach
Ukrspecsystems makes eight drone types already used on the front line.
Third round of Ukraine-Russia-US talks opens in Geneva with European presence
Umerov says Kyiv working "without excessive expectations" as discussions expand beyond Abu Dhabi format.
$38bn, 35 Patriot missiles, long-range drones: What Ukraine got at Ramstein
Fedorov says most funding targets air defense and unmanned systems.
UK Royal Marines “champing at the bit” to receive the order to seize Russian shadow fleet tankers — The Guardian
Defense sources confirmed military seizure options in discussions with NATO allies, while Lloyd's List Intelligence tracked 23 rogue vessels in British waters in January alone, the Guardian reported.
G7+ pledges thousands of generators and hundreds of millions in funding as Ukraine faces harshest winter of the war
447 generators from the EU, 90 from Lithuania, over 100 from France.
UK has 140 Challenger 2 tanks with no clear future as Ukraine needs armor
While some are being upgraded, many remain in limbo with options like scrapping, storage, or possible donation.
Russia unleashes its Geran-5 air defense killer on Ukraine, equipped with British Raspberry Pi microcomputer tracker
Russia may arm the drone with R-73 air-to-air missiles.