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E.U. plans military buildup making Ukraine a repellent 'steel porcupine'

After an extraordinary U.S. repudiation, Ukraine won pledges from world leaders to urgently boost Europe's self-defense.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts a European leaders summit supporting Ukraine.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts a European leaders summit that pledged more military support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (AN/Lauren Hurley/No 10 Downing Street)

European leaders shocked at the Trump administration's erosion of U.S. security guarantees for Europe in favor of Putin's expansionist Russia pledged to "urgently rearm" the continent and turn Ukraine into a fortress.

At an emergency summit in London on Sunday, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Europe is at "a crossroads in history" and must form a “coalition of the willing” – a pointed reminder of European support for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion of Iraq – to secure the continent including Ukraine.

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