Europe can compensate for the loss of American aid to Ukraine, and looks to deepen its ties with the G7.

Europe is capable of supporting Ukraine’s resistance even if military aid from the US completely stops, believes Major General Christian Freuding, who coordinates weapon supplies from Germany. He states that European countries and Canada have already surpassed the amount of last year’s US aid to Ukraine, which was $20B. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to receive weapons approved by the previous US president. However, it is uncertain whether the current US president, Donald Trump, will agree to new supplies or permit third countries to purchase American weapons for Kyiv.

Additionally, certain key aspects of American support will be hard to replace such as intelligence, Patriot air defense systems, and spare parts for American weapons.

In this context and given that Trump is diminishing Washington’s influence in European security, the EU is working to strengthen defense ties with key G7 allies. For instance, the EU plans to sign a defense and security partnership agreement with Canada in June, which will enable Canadian companies to access the bloc’s new €150B defense fund.

The EU has previously signed security and defense partnerships on matters such as missions, training, and industrial cooperation with countries including Albania, Japan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Norway, and South Korea.