Tag: Sanctions
Senate Bill Targets Sudan War’s Foreign Backers
A bipartisan effort to sanction foreign actors fueling Sudan's civil war has gained a possible route through Congress after Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) filed the measure as an amendment to the Senate's annual defense policy bill.The PEACE in Sudan Act, introduced by Republican senators Risch (R-ID)…
How Sanctions Created a Parallel Maritime System
What began in 2022 as a workaround to Western sanctions has evolved into one of the most important pieces of strategic infrastructure in the modern global economy. Russia depends on it to finance its war in Ukraine. Iran relies on comparable networks, built over decades of sanctions, to keep exporting…
UK Sanctions Gold Networks Funding Sudan’s War
Britain has sanctioned 11 people and companies accused of using gold, procurement and financial networks to support both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).The designations, announced on July 16, target Sudanese individuals and companies trading internationally through markets including Dubai and Hong Kong. British officials…
Ukraine’s Naval Drones Disable 23 Shadow Fleet Ships
Ukraine struck 23 vessels tied to Russia's shadow fleet over two nights, while parallel strikes hit a railway hub in occupied Kerch, in what commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi describes as a campaign to disable rather than destroy Moscow's sanctions-evading logistics.Brovdi, head of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said operators struck 11…
Ukraine Turned the Sea of Azov Into Russia’s Economic Front
The Sea of Azov is no longer a secure Russian rear area – and for the first time since Moscow seized control of its coastline, the disruption is hitting Russia's export economy as well as its military logistics.Over nine days ending July 14, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces said their sea…
Trump Ties Cuba Threat to Post-Iran Pivot
President Trump said Monday that Washington is investigating whether Iran has stored drones in Cuba, warning of swift action if confirmed, according to MercoPress. “If they do have that… we’ll take care of it in short order,” he told reporters, though he immediately called the claim unverified.The accusation builds on…
EU and UK Sanction Russian Hackers Behind Europe Attacks
The European Union and the United Kingdom sanctioned Russian intelligence officers, hackers and private companies on July 13 over a cyberespionage campaign Brussels says has targeted European governments and critical infrastructure since 2010. The EU imposed asset freezes and travel bans on nine individuals and four entities, while Britain sanctioned…
Trump Threatens 1,000 Missiles Over Alleged Iran Plot
US President Donald Trump threatened large-scale missile strikes on Iran on July 11, warning against acting on an alleged plot to assassinate him, a threat with added weight after Iran's Khamenei was killed in the war's opening strike. On Truth Social, he wrote that "1,000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded,"…
How Ukraine’s Drones Are Draining Russia’s Fuel Tanks
Ukraine's long-range strike campaign has pushed Russia into its most widespread fuel crisis of the war, disabling as much as 40% of the country's refining capacity and splitting Russia into rationing zones and stockpiling zones. The pressure now extends beyond refineries to the tankers supplying occupied Crimea, isolating the peninsula's…
Belarus Caught Between Russian Pressure and Ukrainian Deterrence
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made an unusually explicit promise to his servicemen in early July: "No one is going to send you into this slaughter." The declaration came after weeks of rising tension. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy openly accused Russia of trying to pull Belarus deeper into the war, Kyiv…
