The US Treasury added five legal entities and eight individuals, including Cuba's military attaches in Russia and China, to its sanctions lists.
The US Treasury sanctioned Waldo Perez Cortes, Cuba's military attache in Beijing, for facilitating the procurement of military equipment from China for Cuba's armed forces.
Russia expelled an Italian military attache and his aide, giving them three days to leave, in a tit-for-tat response to Italy's earlier expulsion of Russian diplomats. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko highlighted the principle of reciprocity, while Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called Moscow's action an "act of revenge."
Italy has ordered the expulsion of two Russian military attaches, Ivan Petrovich Gorbachev and Mikhail Vasilyevich Astakhov, for alleged espionage. The move follows the arrest of two former Italian intelligence agents accused of passing secrets to Russia, including details on military aid to Ukraine and sensitive defense systems.
