The 27 leaders of the European Union are gearing up for a high-voltage summit in Brussels with a packed agenda devoted to Ukraine, climate targets and China, all of which could lead to fraught negotiations and delicate compromises in the room.
The all-day meeting on Thursday will also address defence readiness, competitiveness, the Middle East, irregular migration and, for the first time, the housing crisis.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the gathering in person to plead for political backing for his strategy and fresh assistance for his armed forces, which is running dangerously low after US President Donald Trump halted all funds.
Trump's diplomacy will loom heavily over the talks after his anticipated tête-à-tête with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest was indefinitely postponed, prompting Europeans to close ranks behind Kyivand reassert their standing.
On Tuesday, a group of European leaders called f
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