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The European Union is not
rearming quickly or effectively enough to meet its goal of being
ready to defend against Russia by 2030, according to the
executive summary of an EU report prepared for the bloc’s
leaders and seen by Reuters.
EU members’ current plans “do not seem to meet” the goal of
filling gaps in areas such as air and missile defence, ground
combat, naval forces, munition stockpiles and drones, the
European Defence Agency said in its first annual Defence
Readiness Report.
\u201cTackling the challenges of a contested and deteriorating
security environment and the threat posed by Russia\u2019s aggression
requires moving further and substantially faster than now to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Union is notrearming quickly or effectively enough to meet its goal of beingready to defend against Russia by 2030, according to theexecutive summary of an EU report prepared for the bloc’sleaders and seen by Reuters.EU members’ current plans “do not seem to meet” the goal offilling gaps in areas such as air and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nEurope needs 'decisive change' in defence efforts to face Russia threat - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/25\/europe-needs-decisive-change-in-defence-efforts-to-face-russia-threat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Europe needs 'decisive change' in defence efforts to face Russia threat - 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