The EU’s 27 leaders face mounting pressure to step up efforts to protect Ukraine’s skies from Russian airstrikes, after President Zelenskyy took a jab at Western allies’ "flagging political will" over the weekend.
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00:00 "European leaders are meeting in Brussels for a summit that's supposed to be focused
00:05 on economic issues. But Iran's attack on Israel is at the forefront as fears of a wider conflict
00:12 grow. Also on the table, the Ukrainian president's calls for allies to support his country, the
00:18 same way they helped Israel's defense against Iran."
00:21 "Let's not try to mingle up Israel, Middle East and so Ukraine needs all the air defense
00:29 they can get for them and needs all the shell capacity. But I totally understand except
00:35 what Volodymyr Zelensky said, but I'm not going to comment on that."
00:40 The German government is urging other EU countries to help bolster Ukraine's air defenses. Lithuania's
00:48 president says the EU needs to do more to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks.
00:53 "I am concerned that we are losing the focus on Ukraine each day and night. Ukrainian cities
01:03 are being bombed and causing the destruction of infrastructure, causing the human deaths.
01:12 And you know, it's really a pity to see that we are taking the decisions, but we are not
01:18 implementing that."
01:20 EU countries are considering extending the existing sanctions on Iranian drones in response
01:26 to the attack on Israel. Tehran says it was responding to Israel's bombing of its consulate
01:32 in Syria. The bloc could also designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization.
01:39 "We clearly condemn these attacks. Unacceptable what has happened. We are also looking into
01:46 sanctions. My position is that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard should be put on a sanction
01:53 list and I would be interested to see what the position is of other countries on that
01:58 topic."
02:01 EU leaders reiterated their condemnation of the Iranian airstrikes. But they're also urging
02:07 Israel not to retaliate, fearing a reprisal will inflame an already tense situation in
02:13 the Middle East.
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