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How Europe hopes to turn Ukraine into a “steel porcupine”

Updated on Apr 07, 2025 08:29 AM IST

Ukraine was a big weapons-manufacturer during the Soviet era, but the industry largely vanished after independence in 1991.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (3-L), Minister of Defence of Ukraine Rustem Umierov (2-L), meet with French Chief of the Defence Staff General Thierry Burkhard (3-R) and British Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Tony Radakin (2-R) in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP/ Ukraine Presidential Press)

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The Putinisation of central Europe

Austria could soon get its most extreme chancellor since the 1940s

Herbert Kickl, leader and top candidate of right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) attends a TV debate at the parliament after exit poll numbers were announced in Vienna on September 29, 2024, during Austria's general election. Austria's far right FPOe was ahead of the ruling conservatives in Sunday's national vote, according to projections published by public broadcaster ORF, setting them up for a historic win. (AFP)

Published on Jan 26, 2025 08:00 AM IST

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