European leaders host summit to shore up support for Ukraine after Oval Office dust up


European leaders host summit to shore up support for Ukraine after Oval Office dust up

Updated on: March 2, 2025 / 2:43 PM EST / CBS/AP British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told leaders gathered Sunday for a summit on the war in Ukraine that they need to step up and continue to support Kyiv and meet a "once in a generation moment" for the security of Europe. Starmer pledged to supply more arms to defend Ukraine, announcing that the U.K. will use 1.6 billion pounds ($2 billion) in export financing to supply 5,000 air defense missiles. His call for European allies to increase their arms spending to shore up their own defenses and Ukraine's was not a sign that he thought the United States had become an unreliable ally, he said. No two countries are as closely aligned as the U.K. and the U.S., Starmer said.