The European Union must be ready to defend Ukraine with or without the military support of the United States, French President Emmanuel Macron said during a speech in Sweden on Jan. 30. “This is a decisive and testing moment for Europe,” Macron said. “We must be ready to act to defend and support Ukraine whatever it takes and whatever America decides.” U.S. financial and military aid to Ukraine has been suspended for months as Republican lawmakers hold $61 billion in continued assistance hostage to demands for tighter immigration and border policy restrictions. The possibility of former presid…