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Ukraine prepares foreign-investment screening for defence sector amid Fire Point deal reports
Ukraine is drafting legislation to screen foreign investment in strategic sectors, including the defence-industrial complex, as the government seeks to attract capital for weapons production while increasing oversight of who takes stakes in sensitive assets. Hanna Hvozdyar, a deputy minister…
UAE interest in a Ukrainian defence firm Fire Point: opportunities and risks
Media reports say the UAE defence conglomerate EDGE is in talks to take a minority stake in Fire Point, a Ukrainian manufacturer linked to long-range strike drones and the FP-5 “Flamingo” cruise missile. The coverage describes a proposed acquisition of…
Russia Launches More Than 200 Drones After Ceasefire Window Expires
Ukraine says its air defences shot down or suppressed 192 of 216 Russian drones launched overnight, after the end of a three-day ceasefire period linked to Russia’s Victory Day commemorations. Russia launched more than 200 drones at Ukraine overnight after…
Ukraine Reports Drone Strikes and Front-Line Clashes During Ceasefire Window
The 9–11 May ceasefire reduced the scale of long-range missile and aerial attacks, but Ukrainian officials reported continued Russian ground assaults, shelling and drone activity across the front. Ukraine has reported continued Russian drone strikes and battlefield clashes during a…
Russian Strikes Continue After Kyiv’s Midnight Ceasefire Begins
Kyiv says Russia continued drone and missile attacks after Ukraine’s unilateral ceasefire took effect at midnight, raising fresh questions over Moscow’s separate Victory Day truce proposal. Ukraine has accused Russia of breaching a unilateral ceasefire declared by Kyiv within hours…
Ukraine’s robot assault in Kupiansk points to a new phase in unmanned warfare
Ukraine’s National Guard says its Lava Regiment carried out a fully robotised operation in Kupiansk, using unmanned systems to destroy a Russian position without placing Ukrainian infantry directly on the battlefield. Ukrainian forces have released footage of what they describe…
War Stocks Lose Firepower: Investors Rethink Europe’s Defence Boom as Battlefield Realities Shift
For much of the past four years, Europe’s defence sector has enjoyed the sort of investor enthusiasm usually reserved for Silicon Valley. War, or the fear of it, proved a reliable stimulant. From the shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
Keir Starmer Under Fire as Defence Doubts Grow
A senior Labour grandee has delivered one of the most pointed critiques yet of Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to defence, raising not only questions about funding, but about the coherence—and, in some quarters, the competence—of the government’s wider security posture.…
Russia’s Easter ceasefire fails to hold as Ukraine reports repeated Russian violations
Russia’s Easter ceasefire in Ukraine ended without any credible move towards peace, with Kyiv reporting repeated Russian violations during the 32-hour holiday pause and combat continuing on Ukrainian territory. Announced by Moscow for the Orthodox Easter weekend, the truce expired…
Ceasefire on paper, escalation in theatre: Iran’s 10 demands and the US build-up in the Gulf
A two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran has paused immediate hostilities, but the crisis remains unresolved. Tehran’s 10 conditions amount to a sweeping political demand set, while Washington continues to reinforce its military presence in the Gulf, indicating…