Last year, global defense expenditures reached a record high of $2.7 trillion — the largest figure since the end of the Cold War. The 9.4% increase in 2024 marks the steepest rise in nearly four decades, according to the annual report of the Stockholm Int

On March 20, 2025, Kremenchuk signed a memorandum of cooperation with Sweden to implement a pilot project aimed at improving municipal waste management.

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