EU ministers in Wicklow weigh Ukraine support, Patriot transfers and frozen assets

EU defence ministers gather in Wicklow, Ireland, to address Europe’s security concerns, including Berlin’s expected attribution of a suspected drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle to Russia. They will press Greece and Spain to transfer Patriot missiles to Ukraine and revive talks on funding Kyiv through immobilised Russian assets, as doubts grow about current EU financial support. The wider agenda covers migration management and EU foreign policy leadership, with Romania facing a potential €770 million hit from EU funds and Hungary awaiting disbursement, amid broader US–Russia tensions at the G20.