Friedrich Merz has admitted that Europe has historically underfunded its own security and instead relied heavily on the United States. The German Chancellor met with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the UK on Thursday to sign a treaty on a range of issues, such as defence and immigration.

Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.

Donald Trump’s plan to allow the European Union pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating how to finance the bloc’s defense-spending ambitions.

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said on Thursday, vowing it would not accept the "blackmail" of Washington's new sanctions ultimatum.

It is necessary to achieve clarity on how the European weapons systems transferred to Ukraine, including Patriot batteries, will be replaced from American stocks, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Russian military has forcibly transported about 20,000 Ukrainian children into Russian territory.

KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (KLTV) - The foundation of faith that Amanda Fetisova stands on was established when she was a child attending the First Assembly of God in Gladewater. It’s where she dedicated her life to serving others, a mission that eventually took her to her new home in Ukraine, where she and her Ukrainian husband pastor a church.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has commented on a US-NATO agreement to supply US weapons to Ukraine. Source: Sikorski following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Tuesday, as reported by European Pravda,