German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Berlin on 14 April for the first German-Ukrainian intergovernmental consultations in more than 20 years, the previous such meeting having taken place in 2004. The two leaders signed a strategic partnership declaration built on three pillars — security, economy, and the humanitarian dimension — with defence cooperation forming the centrepiece of the talks.

Germany and Ukraine sign strategic partnership and €4 billion defence package at first intergovernmental consultations in over 20 years

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Berlin on 14 April for the first German-Ukrainian intergovernmental consultations in more than 20 years, the previous such meeting having taken place in 2004.

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South Korea's Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that the first production example of the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae multirole combat aircraft completed its maiden flight on 15 April. The aircraft, publicly unveiled on 25 March, carries the military serial number 25-001.

KAI KF-21 Boramae first production aircraft completes maiden flight in South Korea ahead of deliveries later this year

South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that the first production example of the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae multirole combat aircraft completed its maiden flight on 15 April.

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A Royal Air Force C-17A Globemaster has landed at Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert, situated 1,100 miles inside the Arctic Circle on the northern tip of Canada. The mission marked the first time the RAF has joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) on Exercise Polar Puma, part of Operation Boxtop, to resupply the most northerly permanently inhabited settlement on Earth.

Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster lands at world’s most northerly settlement in landmark Arctic resupply mission with Canada

Located at 82.5 degrees North, CFS Alert serves NATO as a critical signals intelligence base and hosts an important climate change research station. The site is almost entirely encapsulated by Arctic ice, which thaws for only 30 days a year and remains too shallow for resupply vessels, making air delivery via a semi-prepared gravel and

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