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‘We are simply stronger’: Europe to boost defence to hold back Putin

Brussels | European leaders on Thursday (Friday AEDT) backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by Donald Trump’s reversal of US policies.

The European Union’s defence summit in Brussels took place amid fears that Russia, emboldened by its war in Ukraine, may attack an EU country next and that Europe can no longer rely on the US to come to its aid.

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