Russia-Ukraine war updates: EU chief says Europe needs to rearm

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• 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, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at a summit aimed at shoring up support for “securing a just and enduring peace” in Ukraine.
• The meeting in London brought together leaders from around Europe, including France and Germany, as well as Turkiye, NATO and the European Union.
• It comes two days after Zelenskyy’s extraordinary public spat at the White House with US President Donald Trump over a possible ceasefire deal with Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
• The UK prime minister says a number of countries indicated in today’s meeting in London that they want to be part of the European plan for Ukraine, or a “coalition of the willing”.