European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, greets U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 18,

The European Union is discussing how to finance a sharp increase in its defence readiness to deter any possible future attack from Russia and become less dependent for security on the United States. With the European Commission estimating EU defence spending needs at 500 billion euros ($523 billion) over the next 10 years,

The buildings of the European Commission and the Council of the EU have been illuminated in the colours of the Ukrainian flag to mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

US sides with Putin’s Moscow at UN vote after Macron hails ‘turning point’ in war - Moscow rejected the idea of European peacekeepers in Ukraine as an ‘uncontrollable’ development last month

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 24 February. Source: António Costa; Ursula von der Leyen Quote from Costa: "In Ukraine,

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was proud of the “absolute heroism” shown by the Ukrainian people in withstanding three years of unprovoked Russian aggression, as European leaders gathered in Kyiv on Monday to mark the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-blown war.

European leaders visited Kyiv to mark the war’s third anniversary. The show of solidarity in Ukraine on Monday comes at a head-spinning moment for the continent.

Macron said that because of the “lack of credibility of our collective deterrence,” Putin was emboldened to attack Ukraine in 2022. He urged the Trump administration to work with European allies to “preserve security guarantees, meaning to be sure that this peace could be respected by Russia.”

Two motions were passed by the UN today as the world marks the third anniversary of Russia's invasion - with the US voting against one and abstaining on another.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa arrived in Kyiv to mark the third anniversary of the start of