EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius stated that Ukraine’s resistance provides NATO and the EU time to strengthen against potential Russian aggression. Urging increased defense spending, Kubilius emphasized boosting arms production and military aid to Kiev.

The EU wants member states to accelerate the buildup of their weapons stockpiles. Brussels aims to move NATO's targets forward by 14 years, Euractiv cites European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius.

In an address to EU lawmakers, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged the 27-nation bloc to 'take control' of its own security.

The U.S. president tells Davos Forum he wants to meet Vladimir Putin soon and has asked Xi Jinping to help stop Ukraine war

Europe's military heavyweights have already said that meeting President Donald Trump's potential challenge to spend up to 5% of their economic output on security would be challenging.

The bloc's defence push could potentially be used as leverage in a trade standoff with Trump, according to Stephane Sejourne, the EU's commissioner for industrial strategy, who noted Europe's economy needs to be in good health to allow for more security spending.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO chief Mark Rutte told the European Union on Monday not to create barriers that would prevent companies from NATO countries that are outside the EU from taking part in its defence industrial push.

The European Union has abandoned a plan to hold a leaders' retreat on defence policy at a chateau in the Belgian countryside and will hold the event in Brussels instead for security reasons, officials said on Thursday.

EU Commissioner Andrius Kubilius stresses the need for NATO and EU to bolster defenses against Russia, urging increased military aid to Ukraine.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

The Bank of Russia carries out foreign currency purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the currency section of the Moscow Exchange in the "yuan - ruble" instrument

"The crazy person the EU chose as its 'high representative', Estonian Kaja Kallas, who is hysterically pro-war, pro-NATO and anti-Russia, has just come out with false information to create panic and provoke an all-out war,