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Japan breaks into Ukraine’s drone market for first time as Tokyo confronts regional threats
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Japan breaks into Ukraine’s drone market for first time as Tokyo confronts regional threats

by Dominic Culverwell

A Tokyo-listed drone firm is breaking with the trend of Japanese companies avoiding Ukraine's defense industry by partnering with interceptor drone producer Amazing Drones, the first Japanese company to invest in the sector. The investment — undisclosed in size — will fuel a major production scale-up at Kharkiv-based Amazing Drones, with Terra Drone using its decade-long experience to handle supply chains, marketing, and global expansion, the company said at a launch event in Kyiv on March 31.

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Russia attacks western Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi

Russia attacked the city of Khmelnytskyi overnight on April 1, damaging a commercial site, and air raid alerts were issued as far west as Ternopil, authorities said.

How Hungary's election campaign spilled across borders

Hungary's parliamentary election campaign ahead of the April 12 vote is being fought even beyond the country's borders — and with an unexpected reversal of roles. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has shown restraint toward Slovakia's left-nationalist prime minister, Robert Fico, while Orban's main challenger, Peter Magyar, has adopted nationalist rhetoric, presenting himself as a defender of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. In doing so, Magyar and his Tisza party accuse Orban not only of corrupt

Slovak Prime Minister Fico (L) speaks with Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán (R) in Brussels, Belgium, on March 20, 2025.

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