EU Proposes Deepening Defense Industry Ties With Ukraine

EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said that while Ukraine needs the EU, the bloc needs Kyiv’s defense innovations ‘even more.’
EU Proposes Deepening Defense Industry Ties With Ukraine
The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Mar. 12, 2025. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images
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The European Union proposed deeper integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine on Nov. 25 while negotiations continue over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war between Kyiv and Moscow.

Ukraine’s defense industry “needs us,” EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, “but we need Ukraine’s defense innovations even more.”
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