Reuters reported that the U.S., South Korea and Japan have formed a new multi-national group to monitor sanctions against North Korea.
The move was made after Russia and China had blocked monitoring activities at United Nations. In March, Moscow vetoed a renewal of the panel of U.N. experts monitoring sanctions against Pyongyang for its nuclear and missile programs.
The U.S. Department of State stated that the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team is a multilateral system to monitor and report violations of sanction measures stipulated by the relevant U.N. Security Council Resolutions.
The statement stated that “the goal of the new mechanisms is to assist in the full implementation of U.N. Sanctions on (North Korea) through the publication of information based upon rigorous inquiry into sanctions violation and evasion efforts.”
Several nations have said they are open to dialogue, and called for other states to join them in maintaining international security despite the ongoing threats from North Korea.
In 2006, the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on North Korea to curb its nuclear and missile programs. The expert panel was formed in 2009. The veto of Moscow halts panel work but does not cancel sanctions.
Moscow and Pyongyang are stepping up their military cooperation, as Russia looks for arms and other forms of support to help it wage a full-scale war on Ukraine. North Korea has been supplying Russia massive quantities of artillery and ballistic missiles.
During the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang in early this year, the two countries signed a pact on mutual defense.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Russia, recently accused Pyongyang that it sent personnel to support Russia. He also said that Moscow planned to “actually” involve North Korea in war in the coming month.
According to a Western diplomat who is familiar with the issue, the Kyiv Independent reported on October 15 that Pyongyang had sent 10,000 soldiers to Russia. However, it was unclear what capacity they were serving in.
The move was made after Russia and China blocked monitoring activities at United Nations. In March, Moscow vetoed a renewal of the panel of U.N. experts monitoring sanctions against Pyongyang for its nuclear and missile programs.
The German Air Force announced on October 16 that the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of Germany were scrambled because a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft was flying over the international waters in the Baltic Sea.
The Air Force reported that Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 22 of the 65 attack robots launched overnight. Two drones flew towards Belarus and 27 were destroyed by electronic warfare.
Pokrovske coal mining is located 10 km (6miles) west of Pokrovsk. It is the largest coal mine in Ukraine, and one of the biggest in Eastern Europe.
This includes 1,420 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
Nikita Klinkov, deputy commander of an intelligence unit for the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, was killed in Moscow Oblast on October 16 by an unknown assailant. This was reported by Russian state-controlled media.
The White House has rescheduled the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting for November in a virtually based setting, after U.S. president Joe Biden cancelled all his foreign trips this month due to the effects of multiple hurricanes at home.
Voice of America reported that Smith stated, “We are not in a stage where the Alliance will be discussing issuing an invite in the near future.” Smith was speaking ahead of a NATO meeting of defense ministers in Brussels.
The Guardian reported that U.K. counterterrorism officials are investigating if Russian intelligence agents planted an incendiary inside a parcel which caught fire in a warehouse near Birmingham. The Guardian reported on Oct. 16 that U.K. counter-terrorism officials are investigating whether Russian intelligence officers planted an incendiary device inside a parcel that caught fire at a warehouse near Birmingham.
Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, announced that the next meeting between the Ukraine and NATO Council will be held on October 17. The meeting will include defense ministers of NATO member states and Ukraine’s Rustem Umerov, the country’s Minister of Defense.
The White House released a statement saying that the new package would include “additional capabilities in air defense, air-to ground munitions, armored cars, and critical munitions for Ukraine’s urgent requirements.”
According to unnamed sources cited by RBC-Ukraine, the individual in question is Oleh Hrybenko. He is reportedly responsible, according to the media outlet, for maintaining the security at critical infrastructure facilities.
The tanks will be part of a larger package worth 245 million Australian Dollars ($163 millions).
It wasn’t the first time that missiles and drone debris were found on Moldovan soil.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he would “if asked” speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that no decisions would take place without the input from Ukraine or other Western Allies.
The Defense Ministry stated that the drone is resistant to electronic warfare from Russia and can adjust artillery fire thanks to “high-tech material”.
In an interview published by Tengrinews.kz on October 16, a government spokeswoman said that Kazakhstan’s President has “carefully” considered proposals to join BRICS, but Astana won’t seek to join “in the near future”.
According to HUR’s report, Ukrainian soldiers captured an area of Russian battalion defence, destroyed three motorized-rifle battalions, Storm platoons, and a reconnaissance unit of Russia’s Seventh Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment.
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