Europe may be weighing spending billions on U.S. arms purchases to ensure America offers security guarantees to Ukraine, yet it has little choice but to pay up, even as it tries to invest in its own defense industries, analysts have told Defense News.

This week, government and military officials on both sides of the Atlantic have discussed how western powers can guarantee Kyiv’s safety from future Russian aggression after a peace deal is reached to end hostilities in Ukraine.

As President Donald Trump talked of the possibility of the U.S. coordinating the effort — an essential element of any guarantee — Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy suggested Ukraine would offer to buy $90 billion in U.S. weaponry to keep the U.S. at the table.

By Wednesday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance was claiming tha

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