European leaders stress 'urgent need' to bolster Ukraine's defenses against Russian ballistic missiles PBS NewsHour - The Latest By: Pan Pylas · Associated Press 7 June 2026 at 23:40 The leaders of the U.K., Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the "urgent need" to ramp up production of weapons to combat Russia's powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a meeting in London on Sunday.