EU leaders met in Brussels on Thursday to answer two big questions: How can Europe defend Ukraine in the short term and defend itself in the long term?

NEWS ANALYSIS. Fearing the destabilization of the transatlantic relationship on which its security policy was based, the Nordic country had historically avoided European defense integration.

European leaders have agreed to a significant increase in defense spending as the European Union seeks to strengthen its support for Ukraine following Donald Trump’s decision to halt U.S. military aid.

European Union leaders have committed to working together to bolster the continent’s defences and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for

The European Union is moving toward easing its fiscal rules to allow for more defense spending after a U-turn from Germany won support from some traditional opponents of increasing borrowing.

Ursula von der Leyen stated that punitive sanctions against Russia would be intensified unless there is a genuine commitment to a lasting and just peace. The European Commission president made this remark while visiting Kyiv on Monday,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined leaders from Europe, Turkey and Canada in London on Sunday for a summit on the war in Ukraine and European security hosted by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Twenty-six European Union leaders ignored Hungary to back a declaration of support for Ukraine at an emergency meeting, underscoring the difficult road ahead as the bloc tries to mobilize new support for Kyiv.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Thursday backed new defense spending plans aimed at freeing up billions of euros for the continent’s security after the Trump administration signaled that Europe would have to fend for itself in future.