Balloon Juice - War for Ukraine Day 756: A Brief Wednesday Night Update

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Within hours, EU leaders met in Brussels for an extraordinary summit to establish its response to the invasion.
60% : This will strengthen our defence sector, and enhance defence readiness, creating jobs and growth across the EU.
55% : And when they realized that I was on my way to get him, they actually shut down all the communication with me.
55% : Nyet. FADEL:
53% : EU leaders are convening again in Brussels two years after that pivotal European Council meeting.
52% : This was announced in an article of Ukrinform by Deputy Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Ivan Havriliuk.
51% : The EU also has to change fast with it.
49% : Russia will spend a reported 6% of GDP on defence this year, while the EU still spends on average less than the NATO goal of 2% of GDP.
46% : Together with High Representative Josep Borrell, we worked with EU leaders to deliver lethal weapons to Ukraine.
37% : (Through interpreter) I must say, those were the worst nine months of my life.
35% : In the afternoon, I met with the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands - it was a very substantive and good conversation.

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