Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy name-checked the island as a source of illicit missile components.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech after inspecting reservists operating a Taiwan made Hummer 2 Drone during a training session at Loung Te Industrial Parks Service Center in Yilan, Taiwan December 2, 2025.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Friday offered talks with Ukraine to crack down on sanctions-busting after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy name-checked the island as a source of illicit missile components.semiconductor powerhouse Taiwan has successively updated export controls to stop high-tech goods from being used for military purposes and has joined in wide-ranging Western-led sanctions against Moscow. Speaking in Davos on Thursday, Zelenskyy said Russia would not be able to produce missiles without “critical components sourced from China, Europe, the United States, and Taiwan”, showed excerpts published on the Ukrainian president’s website. Responding on his X account in English, Lai said Taiwan has long worked with global partners to “staunchly support Ukraine through humanitarian aid & coordinated sanctions”. “We welcome further exchanges of information with President @ZelenskyyUa to further clamp down on illegal 3rd country transhipment & concealed end-use,” he said, posting a picture of orchids in the colour of Ukraine’s flag. Lai said: “There have been young Taiwanese who have sacrificed their lives to defend freedom in Ukraine,” referring to volunteer soldiers who have died fighting against Russia. “We remain clear: any assistance to the aggressor or violations of int’l embargoes & export control regulations are unacceptable. We pray for peace to be restored to Ukraine soon.” Speaking to reporters in Taipei later on Friday, Lai said he welcomed Zelenskyy to pass on any information to Taiwan about sanctions busting. “We are willing to strengthen controls on goods that are routed through third countries while concealing their final destination, to prevent them from entering Russia and to protect Ukraine,” Lai added.In November, Taiwan said it was revising export controls to comply with the Wassenaar Arrangement, an international agreement aimed at preventing weapons proliferation, though diplomatically isolated Taiwan is not a signatory. While senior Taiwan officials have spoken directly with some Ukrainian city mayors, there has been no publicly acknowledged direct contact between the two governments.Taiwan and Ukraine do not have de facto embassies in each other’s capitals, and Taiwanese humanitarian aid to Ukraine has mostly been coordinated by Taiwan’s diplomatic offices in central and eastern Europe. Taiwan has compared the Russian invasion of Ukraine to China’s military threat against an island it claims as its own. Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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