After President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine three years ago and hiked energy prices to weaken Western support, the 27 nations weaned themselves off a dependency on Russian natural gas in record time.

The anniversary was being marked as U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine shift under President Donald Trump. The European Union’s top diplomat insists that the U.S. cannot seal any peace deal to end the war with Russian President Vladimir Putin without Ukraine or Europe being involved.

In response, the 27 EU nations weaned themselves off a dependency on Russian energy in record time. Now, they face the challenge of ending their reliance on the United States to provide security. In recent weeks,

BRUSSELS - The European Union, an entity that has long cast itself as a peace and trade project, is in crisis talks Thursday focused on defending itself. Along with the specter of a belligerent

The anniversary was being marked as U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine shift under President Donald Trump. Here's the latest: KYIV — Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Europe needs “to make clear to the Russians and everyone else that there are a few things that are completely off the table in these negotiations" to end the war in Ukraine.

European leaders have primarily focused on strengthening their defence commitments and ensuring continued support for Ukraine.

After the summit of EU leaders in Brussels to discuss European defense, Macron told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin 'is an imperialist who seeks to rewrite history.' Putin's response: 'There are still people who want to return to the times of Napoleon,

Moscow accuses UK of ‘inventing threats’ as Trump pressures EU on defence spending - The US president has reiterated his stance that the US could withdraw support for countries that don’t raise their

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will still be properly protected as Europe faces the prospect of the U.S. cutting

EU leaders agree £650bn defence package and Zelensky prepares for peace talks with US - Ursula von der Leyen proposed the ‘ReArm Europe’ scheme, hailing a ‘watershed moment’

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long been a headache for European leaders who try to take a hard line on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Orban, a long-time Putin ally,