European leaders are holding a special meeting today, together with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, to get serious about defence.
Three presidents: Costa of the European Council, Zelenskyy of Ukraine and von der Leyen of the European Commission (Photo: Omar Havana/AP)
With the US going rogue under Trump, Europe is set to make bold moves on troops, military capabilities, defence spending and production.
In doing so, they are confronting an old specter: Russian imperialism.
