Donald Tusk is taking part in an extraordinary European Council in Brussels, which discussed the situation in Ukraine and Europe's defence. “Europe must take the arms race and win it, Russia must lose it like the USSR 40 years ago”, said the Prime Minister.
– We are on a day erstwhile everything can change, and I think everything will change erstwhile it comes to Europe's determination to defend itself, the defence manufacture and the readiness to face this challenge that Russia has put to the full world," said Donald Tusk.
The Prime Minister argued that Europe has lost quite a few time in terms of taking care of security, "but present everything has changed."
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Europe is armed. Ursula von der Leyen presented the ‘Rearm Europe’ plan
The Brussels Summit is attended by the Heads of State and Government of all EU countries. Volodymyr Zelenski besides came to the capital of Belgium. According to earlier announcements, during the talks the subject of withdrawing American military aid from Ukraine was to be raised.
Leaders were besides to discuss Ursula von der Leyen's "Rearm Europe" plan to mobilise up to EUR 800 billion for defence. It aims to loosen EU spending rules, a package of loans worth EUR 150 billion, including anti-aircraft defences, and the anticipation of utilizing cohesion policy funds for defence. His details were presented in a letter to EU leaders.
The EU defence talks were already held at the erstwhile informal summit convened on 3 February. Another planned European Council is scheduled to take place on 20-21 March. At the same time, as announced by the US, the current U.S. administration will work towards peace between Ukraine and Russia as shortly as possible. European leaders fear that its conditions will be unfavourable to the country being attacked.
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