There is a dawning recognition that the continent urgently needs to step up its own defense, especially as the U.S. wavers, but the commitments still are not coming.
President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against skepticism of a Ukraine victory, calling on world leaders not to ask when the war would end, but why Russia was still able to wage it.
The Ukrainian leader is expected to sign security agreements and seek to push the European leaders to help bolster aid as concerns over U.S. funding grows.