European leaders are expected to agree to ramp up defence spending and reaffirm support for Ukraine at a summit on Thursday, after Donald Trump’s suspension of military aid to Kyiv fuelled concerns the EU can no longer rely on U.S. protection. Leaders of the European Union’s 27 countries will be joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a summit in Brussels, although Hungary’s nationalist leader Viktor Orban, a Trump ally, may veto a unanimous statement backing Kyiv.
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