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Zelensky
Zelensky Confers With Leaders of Germany, UK, Finland, Advances Ukraine-Netherlands Cooperation on Drone Co-Production
Ukraine’s leader is busy rallying greater support as Russia intensifies its bombardment of Ukraine.
Oct. 11, 2025
Germany
Berlin to Buy Over 600 Skyranger Anti-Drone Systems
Germany’s Bundeswehr is set to spend €9 billion ($10 billion) on Rheinmetall air defense systems, to be delivered by 2030, as drone sightings heighten fears over the country’s airspace security.
Oct. 10, 2025
Ukraine
Kyiv to Receive Skyranger Anti-Drone Systems Mounted on Leopard Tank Chassis
Rheinmetall, the system’s manufacturer, said the batch – quantity unspecified – is financed by an unnamed EU nation using proceeds from frozen Russian assets.
Oct. 10, 2025
Europe
Merkel’s Statements on Russia Under Fire
Merkel’s statements have drawn criticism from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in particular. Europe’s press takes stock.
Oct. 10, 2025
Germany
German Law Authorizing Police to Shoot Down Drones Passes First Phase
The draft law, approved by Merz’s cabinet on Wednesday, was introduced in response to a spate of recent drone violations of German airspace.
Oct. 8, 2025
Ukraine
Fourth Ukrainian Company Starts Renewable Biomethane Exports to EU
YM Liquid Gas LLC exported biomethane to Germany, becoming Ukraine’s fourth bio-LNG exporter as the country expands renewable fuel production.
Oct. 8, 2025
Germany
ANALYSIS: Angela Merkel and Eastern Europe – From an Illusion of Dialogue to the Policy of Deterrence
Merkel’s remark that “Baltic countries and Poland” in 2021 rejected her attempt to launch a new EU dialogue with Vladimir Putin was received in the east of the continent as a moral blow.
Oct. 8, 2025
Putin
‘Classic Gaslighting!’: Estonia Calls Merkel’s Russia Remarks ‘New and Very Low Point’
The backlash followed Merkel’s interview, in which she said Poland and the Baltic states blocked her plan for direct EU-Russia talks before Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Oct. 6, 2025

