Moscow aims to exploit US-Europe rift, experts warn

A European Union flag flutters by the statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, in London, March 5, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.

As European Union leaders prepare for emergency talks to ramp up military spending after the Trump administration suspended aid to Ukraine, several Russia experts say Moscow is trying to capitalize on fragmenting Western cohesion.