Europe is doing what you wanted, UK tells US defense boss – POLITICO

'You challenged Europe to step up. You challenged us to step up on Ukraine, on defense spending, on European security,” he said. “And I say to you that we have, we are and we will further.' British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last month that the U.K. will hike defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027. After hosting European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London, Starmer said the U.K. was prepared to send troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force to underpin a peace deal with Russia. Britain, France and Ukraine are working on