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Ukraine tempers expectations as Hungary's election nears
Europe

Ukraine tempers expectations as Hungary's election nears

by Martin Fornusek

Ukraine expects no miracles from Hungary's April 12 elections. This weekend, Hungarian voters may end Viktor Orban's 16-year rule, potentially unblocking vital EU funding for Kyiv and its path toward membership. But the Hungarian prime minister — backed by both Washington and Moscow — has stacked the electoral playing field in his favor. And his main challenger, Tisza leader Peter Magyar, remains an unknown quantity for Ukraine. As the vote nears, the Kyiv Independent spoke to local experts a

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'Ukraine is becoming a global player' amid Iran war, European defense deals

Ukraine is riding high on a series of deals that promise to intertwine  its wartime defense-tech industry, now known for producing drones in high demand worldwide, with European arms makers. “The general idea is that we as an industry have to become part of a pan-European defense industry,” Ihor Fedirko, director of the Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry, a government-aligned trade association for Ukrainian weapons makers, told the Kyiv Independent. Fedirko, a former adviser to the now-shut

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