‘Watershed moment’: EU leaders close to agreeing €800bn defence plan
Show of unity over Ukraine may be hampered by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán but consensus has built on need for spending
European leaders holding emergency talks in Brussels are expected to agree on a massive increase to defence spending amid a drive to shore up support for Ukraine after Donald Trump halted US military aid and intelligence sharing.
Arriving at the summit, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was originally scheduled to join through a video link, said: “We are very thankful that we are not alone.”
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