European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will still be properly protected.

European leaders agreed to surge defense spending and voiced near-unanimous support for Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, as the continent attempts once again to grasp control of negotiations over the war in Ukraine.

European leaders pledged to dramatically boost defence spending and build a stronger, more sovereign military bloc at a crisis summit Thursday, as fears grow that the United States – long Europe’s