The EU remains aligned with the US while mobilizing resources for European defense, former diplomat Professor Michael Semple says.
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00:00Earlier today, the Kremlin said Europe is party of war.
00:05What does, how and where does the US fit into this puzzle?
00:09Europe is trying hard to maintain a united line with the United States while obviously
00:15unsure of what the US will be supporting as they go forward.
00:20So the EU is trying to stick with its support for Ukraine to double down on a definition
00:28of what Ukraine is fighting for and what Europe will support in terms of what a free and sovereign
00:35Ukraine would look like.
00:37And the EU is trying to mobilize European resources for defense, which is something
00:43which the US has long requested by showing that they're willing to come up with the resources
00:50to defend themselves and to support Ukraine.
00:53They're trying to encourage the US to stick with them on this.