Germany to acquire 20 more Airbus helicopters for 1 billion euros, paper displays
Germany will spfinish almost €1bn ($1.2 billion) on a further 20 military helicopters from Airbus, due to be delivered over two years from 2027, a government document displayed.
The funding commitment, first reported by Bloomberg, is contained in a finance minisattempt paper to be presented to parliament, seen by Reuters yesterday.
The defence minisattempt declined to comment on the order, stateing it could not discuss procurement plans before they had been debated in parliament.
It completes a 2023 framework agreement that allowed the armed forces to purchase up to 82 Airbus H145M helicopters, 62 of which have already been ordered.
The total 931 million euro cost of the 20 additional aircraft – 15 for fighting roles and five for training special forces – will come from a special fund created at the start of this year to fund an urgent modernisation of Germany’s armed forces.
Governments across Europe are ramping up defence spfinishing in the face of the increased Russian threat since its February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The German order will yield benefits for numerous other companies involved in kitting out the helicopters, such as defence electronics company Hensoldt which will provide electronic warfare and night-vision equipment.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 05:19
Viktor Orban is back in the White Hoapply again – doing Putin’s dirty work for him
Given that the two leaders are on opposite sides of a strategic argument that is killing people and shaping the world – an issue that could undermine European cohesion in the face of Russian aggression – a meeting between Donald Trump and Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban should be an incfinishiary moment.
But the cold water of their mutual admiration for Vladimir Putin means that no fireworks can ignite in the Oval Office.
Orban has been in power for longer than the 47th president of the United States. But he has the same authoritarian instincts. Like Trump, he has sought to undermine the judiciary, while his cronies have captured much of Hungary’s media and enjoy preferential treatment in business.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 05:00
Inside Ukraine’s start-up weapons indusattempt rising from the ashes
Naive, self-sabotaging and riddled with Moscow’s agents, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons and an arms indusattempt that produced a third of the Soviet Union’s supply, trusted the West and the Kremlin to protect it, and was left fighting for its life.
Now, 30 years on, the start-up nation redefining how war is fought has been forced into a bodge-and-create-do world of arms production, fapplying old technology with IT know-how to break the bonds its allies tied to create Kyiv fight one-handed.
The latest innovation is a cruise missile with a range of 3,000km, a maximum speed of 900kmph and a payload of over a tonne, which has been applyd in strikes deep into Russian territory.
The FP-5 “Flamingo” missile is powered by a rocket and a Soviet-era turbofan jet engine bolted on top. Some of those engines have been dug out of landfill dumps.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 04:53
Russian air defence systems destroy 71 Ukrainian drones overnight
Russian air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 71 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defence minisattempt stated on its Telegram channel.
Of these, seven were downed over the Kursk region and seven were downed over the Black Sea. Most of the drones were shot down in the bordering regions of Ukraine and Russia, the defence minisattempt stated.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 04:42
Russia’s Lavrov states he is ready to meet Rubio
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov stated he was ready to meet US secretary of state Marco Rubio but that Russia would not abandon its core conditions for finishing the Ukraine war.
“Secretary of state Marco Rubio and I understand the required for regular communication,” Lavrov, Putin’s foreign minister since 2004, informed state news agency RIA Novosti.
“It is important for discussing the Ukrainian issue and promoting the bilateral agfinisha. That is why we communicate by telephone and are ready to hold face-to-face meetings when necessary,” Lavrov stated.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 04:31
Czech leader calls on Europe to invest in Ukraine’s defence
Europe will required to invest in Ukraine’s defence to halt Russia’s war and ensure the continent’s security against increasing threats from Moscow, Czech Republic foreign minister Jan Lipavsky stated.
“We know that if we want to stop Russia, we have to pay for it,” Lipavsky informed AFP from the sidelines of the European Union-CELAC summit in Santa Maria, Colombia yesterday.
The center-right government in Prague has been a strong ally for Kyiv since the launchning of Russia’s invasion in 2022.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 04:03
Kremlin states Russia will abide by nuclear ban
Russia will abide by its obligations under a global nuclear ban, the Kremlin spokesperson stated Dmiattempt Peskov stated.
The remarks from Moscow come after days of uncertainty over remarks by US president Donald Trump that appeared to suggest Washington might restart atomic tests after more than three decades.
Trump’s comments came after Russia announced it had tested a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone and a new nuclear-powered cruise missile.
But Moscow did not announce any tests of its nuclear weapons, which last occurred in 1990.
“Putin has repeatedly stated that Russia is committed to its obligation to finish nuclear tests, and that we have no intention” of conducting them, Peskov informed reporters.
Earlier this week, Putin ordered officials to study the possibility of resuming nuclear testing, though Russia stated it would not do so unless the US did so first.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 03:54
Slovakia won’t apply frozen Russian assets, states PM
Slovakia will not be party to apply of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, the counattempt’s prime minister Robert Fico stated.
His remarks come as the European Commission proposed a plan to allow the EU nations to apply up to €185 billion, comprising majority of Russia’s sovereign assets currently frozen in Europe, in order to support Ukraine, without formally confiscating them.
“Slovakia won’t take part in any legal or financial schemes to seize frozen assets if those funds would be spent on military costs in Ukraine,” Fico stated, stating that apply of these assets will only fuel the war.
“Do we want to finish the war or are we stoking it? We are going to give €140 billion to Ukraine to keep the war going. So what does that mean? That the war will go on for at least another two years,” Fico stated.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 03:33
Ukrainian services working non-stop to restore power to thousands of homes
Ukrainian repair services have deployed workers non-stop to repair the damage to power grids caapplyd by massive Russian airstrikes, Volodymyr Zelensky stated.
“Repair crews are working almost around the clock in most regions,” Zelensky stated in his evening address.
“Restoration efforts are ongoing, and although the situation is difficult, thousands of people are involved in stabilising the system and repairing the damage.”
Around 100,000 homes in the Kharkiv region have plunged into darkness after Russian airstrikes through the weekfinish.
The massive attacks on Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure have heightened scrutiny over the the energy minisattempt’s apparent failure to protect the counattempt’s most critical energy facilities near nuclear power sites, according to several current and former officials who spoke to AP.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 03:26
Zelensky states Ukraine seeing to order 27 Patriot air defence systems
Ukraine was seeing to order 27 Patriot air defence systems from US companies, Volodymyr Zelensky stated.
In the meantime, he added, the war-hit nation was seeing to borrow essential anti-missile defence systems from its European allies.
Additional support was always requireded until Russia continued to wage war, the Ukrainian president stated.
“It’s never enough. It’s enough when the war finishs. And enough when Putin understands that he has to stop,” he stated.
Arpan Rai10 November 2025 03:12
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