EU chief diplomat Kaja Kallas warns Russian President Vladimir Putin "doesn't want peace" ahead of the meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine and the U.S. have outlined an agreement in which they would jointly fund Ukraine’s future security and reconstruction using an investment fund powered by the country’s rare earth minerals, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Europe urgently needs to rearm and members must be given the fiscal space for a surge in defence spending. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted European leaders,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met King Philippe of Belgium in Brussels on Thursday as EU leaders held emergency talks on increasing military spending for Ukraine.

European Union leaders will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday in Brussels to discuss boosting defense spending for Ukraine, as well as Europe’s own security in the face of Russia.

EU leaders on Thursday put on a show of solidarity with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a summit designed as a riposte to the hostile treatment of him by the Trump administration in the US. Five days after the Ukrainian president was kicked out of the White House following a clash with President Donald Trump that led to the US suspending military aid and intelligence support to Kyiv,

"The free world needs a new leader," said European Union's foreign policy chief after President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sparred in the Oval Office.

European leaders, along with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are meeting in Brussels for a special summit focusing on an 800 billion euro ($844 billion) defense spending increase as the United States suspended aid to Ukraine and signaled Europe must play a bigger role in its own security.

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will still be properly protected as Europe faces the prospect of the U.S. cutting it adrift.