EU will double military aid to Ukraine if Trump fails to persuade Putin to make peace – European commissioner

Our support's real value would rise to €80 billion [$90.6 billion],

Kubilius added

Ukraine is reshaping the defense innovation cycle. Those who act with us will help build the future of deterrence, security, and strategic advantage."

Or, ... as the Snake Island Institute put it

Ukraine's battlefield has become the world's most dynamic proving ground for defense technology. In this environment, innovation is no longer theoretical—it's tactical, urgent, and iterative."

That' ... as the Snake Island Institute noted in a recent study

The high level of attrition in the Ukraine War has painfully highlighted European countries’ current shortcomings,

the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based think tank, wrote in a blunt review of Europe’s forces last year

Roberto CingolanicEO

Europe has been living for 80 years in a situation in which peace was given for granted. And apparently peace was offered for free,

Roberto Cingolani, a former Italian government minister who’s now chief executive of European defense giant Leonardo, told CNN during a recent visit to the company’s headquarters in northern Italy

Pete Hegsethdefense Secretary

We see Poland as the model ally on the continent: willing to invest not just in their defense, but in our shared defense and the defense of the continent,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in Warsaw during the first European bilateral meeting of Trump’s second term

Gabrielius Landsbergisformer lithuanian Foreign Minister

Because of what we're seeing happening in Ukraine, every single country on the eastern flank is placing itself in Ukraine's position and asking the question: Would it be any different, if we were where Ukraine is currently?"

Landsbergis told Newsweek

Emmanuel Macronfrench President

Those who buy Patriots, ... we must offer them the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T."

Macron said in March

For certain European countries, the question of the military dependence on the U.S. and whether or not the U.S. would provide support against Russian threats, is a bit theoretical,

said a European industry source, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity

The future of European air defense will come out of Europe."

the source said

As a result, there are certain technological capability areas where there is today no European offering,

they added

SAFE loans mean strength for Ukraine!"

he emphasised

If Putin isn't convinced by Trump to make peace, we could bring forward more convincing arguments for peace very quickly — by greatly increasing our military support to Ukraine,

he said