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EU prepares €5.9bn drone payout for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto
EU defence ministers have moved Ukraine support towards battlefield delivery, with a first €5.9bn drone payout expected this month and Hungary lifting its veto on €6.6bn in blocked military-support funds. The European Union is preparing to channel the first €5.9bn…
Europe’s FCAS Fighter Jet Ambitions Crash Into National Rivalries
Europe’s aspirations for greater strategic autonomy suffered a significant setback this week as France and Germany effectively abandoned plans to jointly develop a next-generation combat aircraft, bringing an end to years of increasingly acrimonious negotiations over the Future Combat Air…
Kuwait Embraces New Era of Air Defence with Anduril Systems Purchase
Kuwait is poised to become one of the most advanced operators of counter-drone technology in the Middle East following Washington’s approval of a nearly $2bn package centred on systems developed by US defence technology company Anduril Industries. The US Department…
Ukraine develops autonomous drone technology to intercept Shahed attacks
Kyiv says a Brave1-backed system can automate most of the process of intercepting Russian Shahed-type attack drones, as Ukraine seeks cheaper and faster ways to strengthen its layered air defence. Ukraine has developed a drone-interceptor technology capable of autonomously engaging…
Ukraine strikes major Russian oil storage hub in Novorossiysk
Ukraine’s Defence Forces say they have hit the Grushovaya oil transshipment base, one of Russia’s largest petroleum storage facilities in the Caucasus, in an overnight drone operation against Russian export infrastructure near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. Ukraine’s Defence…
Belgium Unveils €3.7bn Plan to Build Next Generation Defence Industry
Belgium is embarking on one of the most ambitious defence-industrial initiatives in its modern history, committing €3.7bn over the next nine years to military innovation as European governments race to strengthen their security capabilities amid a rapidly deteriorating geopolitical landscape.…
Moldova Drone Incident Highlights Air-Defence Gap on Ukraine’s Border
Moldovan authorities said fragments of a Ukrainian drone with traces of an explosion were found on Monday in a field near the eastern village of Lopatna, close to the border with Ukraine, in another incident exposing the country’s vulnerability to…
NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone After Latvian Airspace Alert
NATO fighter aircraft shot down a drone over eastern Latvia on Monday after the aircraft entered Latvian airspace from Russia, according to Latvian military statements cited in regional reporting on the incident. The alert affected several eastern municipalities and added…
Xi’s North Korea Visit Tests China’s Control Over a Nuclear Ally Moving Closer to Russia
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in Pyongyang for talks with Kim Jong Un marks more than a symbolic revival of China-North Korea ties. It is also a test of Beijing’s ability to manage a nuclear-armed neighbour that has gained new…
London Ukraine Talks Expose Europe’s Missile Defence Problem
European leaders used their London meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to underline the need to expand Ukraine’s protection against Russian ballistic missiles, but the statement also exposed a wider European capability problem. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted Zelenskyy, French President…