UA - RU - NATO | REPORTS

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The Kremlin, when asked on Monday about a U.S. sanctions waiver on some Russia's oil exports, said that Russia was a responsible and important player on global energy markets and that it was hard not to take Russia's export volumes into ⁠account.

The Donald Trump administration on Friday renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil at sea for about a month, even as lawmakers accused the government of going easy on Moscow as its war on Ukraine grinds on.

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The Netherlands says it has signed a multi year lease for 3 Lift On Lift Off ships, adding major sealift capacity for troops, vehicles, helicopters, and containers.

Dutch Defence says this, combined with an earlier RoRo contract, gives it enough sea transport capacity to support large operations, missions, and exercises abroad.

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Germany’s Bundeswehr has announced Orange Road 2026, a large military police exercise running 20-30 April across parts of Baden Württemberg and Rhineland Palatinate.

The drill includes convoy escort, traffic control, coordination with civilian authorities, critical infrastructure protection, Rhine crossings, and drone related threat handling.

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Germany has announced Red Storm Charlie, a September exercise centered on moving troops and materiel through Hamburg toward NATO’s eastern area.

The scenario includes the Bundeswehr, police, fire services, THW, port authorities, and major infrastructure actors.

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The UK says it is hosting the first official visit of India’s Chief of Defence Staff, with talks focused on training, operations, defence industry cooperation, and co-production. British industry meetings are also part of the visit.

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The UK Ministry of Defence has opened applications for the founding membership of a new Defence Universities Alliance.

The stated goal is to tighten links between defence, academia, and industry, support the Strategic Defence Review, and help deliver innovation at what the government calls “wartime pace.”

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NATO criticised Russian and Chinese nuclear arms policies on Tuesday and urged both countries to work with the United States to establish greater ‌stability and transparency at an upcoming international conference.

In a statement, NATO's 32 members underlined their "strong commitment to the full implementation" of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), a cornerstone of global arms control since it entered into force in 1970.

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Exclusive: Russia to halt Kazakhstan's oil flows to Germany via Druzhba.

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Dutch Defence said that the MIVD’s 2025 annual report warns rival great powers are putting Europe’s security under pressure, that Chinese firms are supporting Russia’s war effort, and that the service sees structural Chinese cyber espionage targeting the Western defence industry.

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Poland’s MOD said that, during the first Polish-French intergovernmental summit in Gdańsk, the Polish and French defence ministers signed a declaration of intent on cooperation in satellite telecommunications.

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Belgian Defence said that patrol vessel Pollux supported a targeted North Sea enforcement action on 16 April, inspecting several cargo ships and a fishing vessel in Belgium’s exclusive economic zone.

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Finland said its decree on certain documents related to dual-use export control entered into force, clarifying reporting and notification requirements for users of EU general export authorisations.

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Norway said it will deepen defence and security cooperation with Ukraine, including closer defence-industry cooperation and the possibility of producing Ukrainian drones in Norway.

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The European Commission said it will invest €1.07 billion in 57 new European Defence Fund projects tied to the Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030.

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Sweden’s spring budget says the government is adding total defence measures including preparatory work on the railway network, construction of a reserve port on Gotland, and funds for a new government agency for foreign intelligence.

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Poland’s MOD says Deputy Minister Cezary Tomczyk will observe operational tests on 22 April of innovative acoustic-reconnaissance solutions for the East Shield program at the Central Air Force Range in Ustka.

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The UK government said on 22 April that the Security Minister is calling on AI companies to work with government on AI-powered national cyber defence capabilities, alongside a further £90 million to strengthen SME cyber defences.

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