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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from left, President Joe Biden and European Council President Charles Michel remove their masks before participating in the United States-European Union Summit at the European Council in Brussels, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Even before Air Force One touches down in Brussels to bring President Biden to three summits in one Thursday, Western allies have already found what they are looking for, that all too rare sense of unity. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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What they want: Allies meet in Europe for Ukraine summits
By RAF CASERT - Associated Press
Wed,03/23/22-4:48AM , 263 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — Even before Air Force One touches down in Brussels to bring President Joe Biden to three Ukraine summits on Thursday, Western allies have already found what they are looking for — that all too rare sense of unity.

They have Russian President Vladimir Putin to thank for that.
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Police secure the area after an incident at a carnival, in Strepy-Bracquenies, Belgium, Sunday, March 20, 2022. A car slammed at high speed into carnival revelers in a small town in southern Belgium, killing six people and leaving 10 more with life threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

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Car runs into Carnival revelers in Belgium, killing 6
By RAF CASERT - Associated Press
Sun,03/20/22-3:03AM , 161 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — A car slammed at high speed into Carnival revelers in a small town in southern Belgium early Sunday, killing six people and leaving 10 more with life-threatening injuries, authorities said, adding many others were lightly injured.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a media conference at the Europa building in Brussels, June 5, 2019. Russia lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989. But the nuclear superpower still holds sway over several of its neighbors in Europe and keeps others in an uneasy neutrality. The Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine and the humanitarian tragedy it provoked over the past two weeks may have raised an Western outcry of heartfelt support. (AP Photo/Riccardo Pareggiani, File)

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With Ukraine war, Europe's geopolitical map is moving again
By RAF CASERT - Associated Press
Wed,03/09/22-1:21AM , 163 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — Even though Russia has lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989, the nuclear superpower still holds sway over several of its neighbors in Europe and keeps others in an uneasy neutrality.
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People walk past a currency exchange office screen displaying the exchange rates of U.S. Dollar and Euro to Russian Rubles in Moscow's downtown, Russia, Feb. 28, 2022. Ordinary Russians are facing the prospect of higher prices as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting. That's led uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

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One Putin move and behold: West's unity tightens overnight
By RAF CASERT - Associated Press
Mon,02/28/22-10:04AM , 162 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — Within days, Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved what remained out of the grasp of the European Union for many decades — to jointly buy and send weapons to a war zone — and restored something that was broken for years — trans-Atlantic unity.
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