Denmark said European countries must compensate for any halt of US weapons for Ukraine, as Copenhagen assumed the rotating presidency of the European Council on Thursday. Ukraine, seeking to fend off a full-scale invasion launched by Russia in 2022,

It's a clear message to step up our own support, ramping up our European defense capacities, not only at the level of the European Union, but at the continental level,' von der Leyen told a press conference in Aarhus,

Ukrainian authorities are enlisting European help to increase domestic military production as the United States pauses some weapons shipments to Ukraine